Central Perk: President Obama: "It's Just Politics. Plain and Simple."

marți, 1 iulie 2014

President Obama: "It's Just Politics. Plain and Simple."

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"It's Just Politics. Plain and Simple."

In the Rose Garden yesterday afternoon, President Obama reiterated his commitment to immigration reform and reproached House Republicans for not confronting the issue.

The President said he will continue to use his pen and his phone to fix the immigration system where he can, although he doesn't "prefer taking administrative action. I'd rather see permanent fixes to the issue we face."

See how the President is doing what he can to fix our broken immigration system.

Yesterday, for the sixth time since taking office, President Obama joined national, state, and local community leaders, business leaders, grassroots activists, elected officials, and others for an event celebrating Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Pride Month at the White House.

Yesterday, the Supreme Court ruled on the much-publicized Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. case. This decision would allow some bosses to withhold contraceptive care from their employees' health coverage based on their own religious beliefs -- which their employees may not share.

In this week's address, the President discussed his recent trip to Minneapolis where he met a working mother named Rebekah, who wrote the President to share the challenges her family and many middle-class Americans are facing where they work hard and sacrifice yet still can't seem to get ahead. But instead of focusing on growing the middle class and expanding opportunity for all, Republicans in Congress continue to block commonsense economic proposals such as raising the minimum wage, extending unemployment insurance, and making college more affordable.

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