Full Text November 21, 2011: President Barack Obama’s Remarks on Congressional Supercommittee Deficit Deal Failure

POLITICAL SPEECHES & DOCUMENTS OBAMA PRESIDENCY & THE 112TH CONGRESS: POLITICAL QUOTES & SPEECHES President Obama on the Supercommittee’s Failure to Reach a Compromise Source: WH, 11-21-11 President Barack Obama delivers a statement in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Nov. 21, 2011. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) [...]

Full Text November 21, 2011: John Boehner in USA Today: ‘I did everything possible’ on Congressional Supercommittee Deficit Deal Failure

POLITICAL SPEECHES & DOCUMENTS OBAMA PRESIDENCY & THE 112TH CONGRESS: POLITICAL QUOTES & SPEECHES John Boehner: ‘I did everything possible’ Source: USA Today, 11-21-11 By Mandel Ngan, AFP/Getty Images By John Boehner Republicans are focused on the American people’s No. 1 priority: jobs. And everyone knows that we can’t get our economy moving again and [...]

Political Buzz November 21, 2011: Congressional Supercommittee Announces Failure to Reach Deficit Reduction Deal Prior to Wednesday Deadline

POLITICAL BUZZ By Bonnie K. Goodman Ms. Goodman is the Editor of History Musings. She has a BA in History & Art History & a Masters in Library and Information Studies from McGill University, and has done graduate work in history at Concordia University. Ms. Goodman has also contributed the overviews, and chronologies in History [...]

Political Buzz September 21, 2011: House Defeats Stopgap Spending Bill 230-195 — 4 Dozen Republicans Join Democrats Defecting from Leadership — Government Shutdown Possible

POLITICAL BUZZ By Bonnie K. Goodman Ms. Goodman is the Editor of History Musings. She has a BA in History & Art History & a Masters in Library and Information Studies from McGill University, and has done graduate work in history at Concordia University. OBAMA PRESIDENCY & THE 112TH CONGRESS: THE HEADLINES: HOUSE DEFEATS STOPGAP [...]

Full Text September 19, 2011: President Barack Obama Unveils $4 Trillion Economic Growth & Deficit Reduction Plan — $3 Trillion Deficit Cuts in Over 10 Years — $1.5 Trillion in New Taxes

POLITICAL SPEECHES & DOCUMENTS OBAMA PRESIDENCY & THE 112TH CONGRESS: President Barack Obama delivers a statement announcing his Plan for Economic Growth and Deficit Reduction, in the Rose Garden of the White House, Sept. 19, 2011.(Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)   The President’s Plan for Economic Growth and Deficit Reduction Source: WH, 9-19-11 [...]

Full Text September 19, 2011: President Barack Obama’s Rose Garden Speech on Economy, American Jobs Act Introduces Deficit Reduction Plan, Including Tax Increases (Transcript)

POLITICAL SPEECHES & DOCUMENTS OBAMA PRESIDENCY & THE 112TH CONGRESS: POLITICAL QUOTES & SPEECHES Doug Mills/The New York Times President Obama discussed his deficit plan at the White House on Monday. Remarks by the President on Economic Growth and Deficit Reduction Source: WH, 9-19-11 Rose Garden 10:56 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Good morning, everybody.  Please [...]

Full Text September 17, 2011: Weekly Republican Address: Rep. Peter Roskam on Addressing Excessive Regulations to Promote Job Creation (Transcript)

POLITICAL SPEECHES & DOCUMENTS OBAMA PRESIDENCY & THE 112TH CONGRESS: POLITICAL QUOTES & SPEECHES Weekly Republican Address: Rep. Peter Roskam on Addressing Excessive Regulations to Promote Job Creation Source: Speaker.gov, 9-17-11 Delivering the Weekly Republican Address, Rep. Peter Roskam (R-IL) talks about how excessive federal regulations are hurting job creation in America, and discusses the [...]

Full Text September 17, 2011: President Barack Obama’s Weekly Address Urges Congess to Pass the American Jobs Act

POLITICAL SPEECHES & DOCUMENTS OBAMA PRESIDENCY & THE 112TH CONGRESS: Weekly Address: Passing the American Jobs Act President Obama discusses the need for Congress to pass the American Jobs Act to put more people back to work, and more money back in the pockets of people who are working. Read the jobs bill.   Transcript [...]

White House Recap September 9-16, 2011: The Obama Presidency’s Weekly Recap — President Obama Sells American Jobs Act on Tour, Sends Bill to Congress — President Attends 9/11 10th Anniversary Memorials in New York, Washington & Shankville

WHITE HOUSE RECAP WHITE HOUSE RECAP: SEPTEMBER 9-16, 2011 President Barack Obama drops by an Interactive One panel discussion in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, Sept. 12, 2011. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) Weekly Wrap-Up: Innovative Ideas Source: WH, 9-16-11 Here’s what happened this week on WhiteHouse.gov: American [...]

Full Text September 15, 2011: Speaker of the House John Boehners’ Jobs Speech at the Economic Club of Washington (Transcript)

POLITICAL SPEECHES & DOCUMENTS OBAMA PRESIDENCY & THE 112TH CONGRESS: POLITICAL QUOTES & SPEECHES Boehner’s Jobs Speech Source: NYT, 9-16-11 The following is a prepared text of Representative John A. Boehner’s speech about jobs to the Economic Club of Washington on Thursday, as provided by the House Speaker’s office: Related The Caucus: Boehner Argues G.O.P. [...]

Full Text September 15, 2011: White House Press Secretary Jay Carney’s Reponse Statement on Speaker John Boehner’s Jobs Speech

POLITICAL SPEECHES & DOCUMENTS OBAMA PRESIDENCY & THE 112TH CONGRESS: POLITICAL QUOTES & SPEECHES Statement from the Press Secretary on Speaker Boehner’s Speech Source: WH, 9-15-11 Any plan to grow the economy and create jobs should be measured by whether it puts money in the pockets of middle class families, puts teachers, police officers, firefighters [...]

Full Text September 13, 2011: President Barack Obama’s Remarks on the American Jobs Act in Columbus, Ohio

POLITICAL SPEECHES & DOCUMENTS OBAMA PRESIDENCY & THE 112TH CONGRESS: President Barack Obama delivers remarks to students, faculty and staff at Fort Hayes Arts and Academic High School in Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 13, 2011. The President highlights his American Jobs Act proposal to put workers back on the job by rebuilding and modernizing schools across [...]

Full Text September 12, 2011: President Barack Obama’s Memorandum Sending the American Jobs Act to Congress (Transcript)

POLITICAL SPEECHES & DOCUMENTS OBAMA PRESIDENCY & THE 112TH CONGRESS: President Obama Sends The American Jobs Act to Congress Source: WH, 9-12-11 Today, President Obama sent a message to Congress with the American Jobs Act of 2011 and a section-by-section analysis of the legislation. The American Jobs Act is composed of the kinds of proposals to [...]

Full Text September 12, 2011: President Barack Obama’s Remarks Persuading Congress to Pass the American Jobs Act

POLITICAL SPEECHES & DOCUMENTS OBAMA PRESIDENCY & THE 112TH CONGRESS: POLITICAL QUOTES & SPEECHES Remarks by the President on the American Jobs Act Source: WH, 9-12-11 Rose Garden *Please see below for a correction (marked with an asterisk) to a typo in the transcript. 10:58 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Please, everybody, have a seat, on [...]

Political Buzz September 8, 2011: President Barack Obama’s Speech to Joint Session of Congress Unveiling $450 Billion Jobs Plan with Payroll Tax Cuts — Obama Sarcastically Challenges Congress to Pass American Jobs Act — Michele Bachmann Responds

POLITICAL BUZZ By Bonnie K. Goodman Ms. Goodman is the Editor of History Musings. She has a BA in History & Art History & a Masters in Library and Information Studies from McGill University, and has done graduate work in history at Concordia University. OBAMA PRESIDENCY & THE 112TH CONGRESS: President Barack Obama delivers an [...]