One of the most influential promises President Barrack Obama made was getting the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell done away with once and for all by starting the bill of getting the policy appealed. President Obama to some has not done much to help the Unites States issues such as the number of people whom have lost their homes because of unemployment and the 3.6 billion dollar deficient that the country seems to have all the sudden fallen into. President Obama according to author Andre Michael Eggelletion of the Real deal talk website has mange to do so much for the US to name a few things he has signed an executive order on government contracting to fight waste and abuse, Signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, restoring basic protections against pay discrimination for women and other workers, Launched a U.S. financial and banking rescue plan, Provided affordable, high-quality child care to working families, Cracked down on companies that deny sick pay, vacation and health insurance to workers by abusing the employee classification of independent contractor. Such companies also avoid paying Social Security, Medicare and unemployment insurance taxes for those workers: Designated $1.5 billion from the Troubled Asset Relief Program to fund programs at local housing finance agencies in the states hardest hit by the housing crisis: California, Florida, Nevada, Arizona and Michigan. The
His statement is letting the people of the United States know that as Speaker of the House, he is dedicated to ensuring that the economy pull through its fragile state without any new taxes that he believes would increase the national debt and create another economic hurdle for the United States to climb. By shedding a negative light on this Health Care Overhaul bill, the GOP is also shedding a negative light on the Obama administration. If the GOP can pass the Health care Overhaul Repeal bill, then they would have shown flaws and weakness in Obama’s domestic policy, thus hurting his chances at re-election. Although this may seem like a smart move by the Republicans, it can potentially back-fire. If the repeal is passed, then the GOP loses its “hot button issue” that can help bring in voters for the
Brighton Fontenot Ms. Thompson ENGL 1010 – 38 6 October 2012 The Immigration Conflict In this essay I will explain the dispute over immigration between President Barrack Obama and his rivaling political candidate Mitt Romney. Barrack Obama, a member of the Democratic Party and the current President of the United States believes the immigration system is unfair and has made several statements promising to make it more efficient and just. Obama has said “As long as I’m President, I will not give up on immigration… because it’s the right thing to do, period.” To illustrate his obligation to this issue Obama has made a commitment to work alongside Congress in order to pass the DREAM Act. The DREAM Act is an act to reform immigration
Recent polls show that the majority of Americans want government to deal with a wide range of pressing issues -- but do not have faith in its competence to get things right. Obama signaled last month that he understands the importance of well-managed government, "When government does not work like it should," Obama wrote in a memo to federal career executives, "it has a real effect on people's lives -- on small business owners who need loans, on young people who want to go to college, on men and women in our Armed Forces who need the best resources when in uniform and deserve the benefits they have earned after they have left." The Office of Management and Budget, led by chief performance officer Jeffrey Zients, has been working to establish agency performance goals, increase accountability and improve government operations. Despite these laudable efforts, there is little sense that these are administration priorities, or that the president is providing the kind of leadership required in this area. His initiatives have not been communicated clearly to the public or the civil
William Mullen POL423-V2D5 Political Science Week 4 The Paradox of American Government I’m going to discuss this in the best way I can. The way I understand it we as citizens should be able to influence those that represent us and the majority opinion should become policy. The problem with this process as it stands today would have to be who truly influences politics in America. The reason this process seems to be, in my opinion, broken, has everything to do with those that truly influence policy in this country. The majority of Americans don’t want invasive ultrasound bills, they do want the Bush era tax cuts to be eliminated, they do want affordable or even single payer healthcare.
"And to my friends in the minority, I offer a commitment: openness. Once a tradition of this institution, but increasingly scarce in recent decades, will be the new standard." The video cuts to a Sept. 30 meeting of the House Rules Committee, hours before the first shutdown of the federal government in 17 years after Republicans insisted on undermining Obamacare in exchange for funding the government. It was later reported that Republicans quietly changed parliamentary rules to prevent any member of the House from bringing up for a vote the Senate's clean bill to fund the government -- thus all but assuring a shutdown. The video shows Slaughter repeatedly pressing Rules Committee Chairman Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas) in the meeting about the change from regular order.
I don't know about you, but I'm not ready to take a ten percent chance on change.” Obama is talking about how important change is to American’s and how George Bush did not accomplish that, and McCain supported Bush most of the time. He incorporates the voters by talking about how they have suffered through the last eight years and to make the next four better. If the voters want change to be apart of the fundamentals of the American nation at this point in time it will not be achieved by electing McCain. McCain really draws the voters in on this aspect of his speech. “In America, we change things that need to be changed.
Election raises stakes for possible Supreme Court vacancies By Bill Mears, CNN Supreme Court Producer updated 7:03 PM EDT, Mon October 1, 2012 Washington (CNN) -- Barack Obama and Mitt Romney wasted little time rushing to the cameras when the Supreme Court narrowly upheld the president's sweeping health care reform law. Their remarks after the June ruling were a contrast of competing rhetoric over a contentious piece of legislation, and a prism into how each candidate hopes to quietly change the makeup of the federal courts. "Americans are probably paying much more attention to the economy than the Supreme Court," said Thomas Goldstein, a top appellate attorney and SCOTUSblog.com publisher. "But they should be thinking about presidential court
Lobbyists are supposed to be a group of people seeking to influence politicians on a specific issue. The key word in that definition is people, because lobbyists today are no longer people. They are representatives for multi-billion dollar industries and companies, and when was the last time huge corporations really knew what was best for the people? They don’t, they only know what is best for themselves. Lobbyists could be used to get voters demands to Congress after elections, but now most lobbyists are paid by large corruptions to influence lawmakers.
Vice Presidential Debate 2012: Joe Biden vs. Paul Ryan The mediator starts off with asking about Chris Stephens. Biden makes promises right out of the shoot to me it seems like he is being fake about what he is saying. I understand that in his position he needs to have America like him, but to me he seems a little dramatic about what he is saying. Congressman Ryan comes back with the President taking 2 weeks to acknowledge that was a terrorist attack. “If we are going to be hit with a terrorist attack, we are going to call it for what it is, a terrorist attack.” I see how Biden interrupts Ryan saying that it is a bunch of Malarkey.