Video: Saturday Night Live - Republican Meeting Open
Saturday Night Live - Republican Meeting Open
lol@.. 1:30
Oh sweet Irony.
Showing posts with label Barack. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Barack. Show all posts
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Obama signs kids' health insurance bill
President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed a bill extending health coverage to 4 million uninsured children, a move he called a first step toward fulfilling a campaign pledge to provide insurance for all Americans. It was a victory for Obama a day after his nominee to shepherd his broad health care agenda stepped aside amid tax problems.
Obama used an ebullient East Room signing ceremony to continue his push for his plan that would provide universal health insurance, even as he spent much of the previous day admitting he "screwed up" in naming former Sen. Tom Daschle to spearhead the health care overhaul. He wrapped the signing event in another pitch for his separate $819 billion economic plan that now is under consideration in the Senate and faces Republican opposition.
"As I think everybody here will agree, this is only the first step," Obama said of the bill that reauthorizes the State Children's Health Insurance Program.
"Because the way I see it, providing coverage to 11 million children through CHIP is a down payment on my commitment to cover every single American," he said to applause before turning to the economic recovery bill.
"It won't be easy; it won't happen all at once," Obama said. "But this bill that I'm about to sign, that wasn't easy either."
Obama and his advisers see the economic crisis as his window to push through many of his campaign pledges. Renewable energy, financial regulation and even rural Internet access all have been tied to repairing the nation's fractured economy. In the process, Obama has exposed his plan to criticism and questions that threaten to jettison the first major legislation his team has assembled.
"I refuse to accept that millions of our children fail to reach their full potential because we fail to meet their basic needs. In a decent society, there are certain obligations that are not subject to trade-offs or negotiations, and health care for our children is one of those obligations," Obama said, signaling he was readying for a fight.
Obama has faced a difficult week, his second full one in office. Daschle, the former Senate Democratic leader, withdrew his nomination as secretary of health and human services after acknowledging he failed to pay taxes on a car and driver provided by a Democratic fundraiser. His departure also left in the president's team a large gap for someone to usher through sweeping reform Obama has promised.
The children's health bill calls for spending an additional $32.8 billion on SCHIPI, which now enrolls an estimated 7 million children. Lawmakers generated that revenue by raising the federal tobacco tax.
Health officials project that there are about 8 million to 9 million uninsured children in the United States
As an expecting father, this is one of the matters that Barack campaigned heavily for and is one of the reasons I was/am so favorable of the man.
I commend the House, Senate, and our President for acting timely on this issues.
Here's the rest of the news article.
The bill went to the White House fresh from passage in the Democratic-controlled House, on a vote of 290-135. Forty Republicans joined in approval.
Most Republicans, though, criticized the cost of the legislation. They also said it will mean an estimated 2.4 million children who otherwise would have access to private insurance will join the State Children's Health Insurance Program instead.
"The Democrats continue to push their government-run health care agenda — universal coverage, as they call it," said Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas.
The bill's passages has long been a top priority of Democratic lawmakers. In late 2007, President George W. Bush twice vetoed similar bills. The Senate passed the same bill last week. Obama made it a top priority in his first 100 days and one step in his push for universal coverage by the end of his first term.
"President Obama and Congress are demonstrating that change has come to Washington, and we are moving forward to improve the quality of life for American families struggling during these hard times," said Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee.
SCHIP was created more than a decade ago to help children in families with incomes too high to qualify for Medicaid but too low to afford private coverage.
Federal money for the program was set to expire March 31, barring action by Congress. To cover the increase in spending, the bill would boost the federal excise tax on a pack of cigarettes by 62 cents, to $1.01 a pack.
Opponents of the bill complained that the tobacco tax increase hits the poor the hardest, because they are more likely to smoke than wealthier people. Many also took exception to expanding the program and Medicaid to children of newly arrived legal immigrants.
Republicans said that they supported SCHIP and providing additional money for the program. However, they argued that Democrats were taking the program beyond its original intent and encouraging states to cover middle-class families who otherwise could get private insurance.
"This debate is about, do we want a children's health insurance program that covers every child in America with state and federal dollars regardless of their ability to pay?" said Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas. "Do we want to freeze out the private sector for health insurance?"
But supporters said that ensuring children had access to adequate health care was a matter of priorities. Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., said an estimated 4 million people have lost employer-sponsored insurance in the past year.
"Do they keep their families' health insurance or do they put food on the table at night? During this economic recession, these kinds of decisions are unfortunately becoming more common," Pallone said.
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Friday, January 23, 2009
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Monday, December 1, 2008
Video: Barack Obama answers questions after a Press conference where he introduces Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State 12/1/08
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Monday, November 24, 2008
Video: Obama announces economic advisors 11/24/08
Obama announces economic advisors
By David Edwards
President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden officially announced key members of their economic team today, naming Timothy Geithner as Secretary of the Treasury and Lawrence Summers as Director of the National Economic Council. Obama and Biden also named Christina Romer Chair of the Council of Economic advisors, and named Melody Barnes and Heather Higginbottom to serve as Director and Deputy Director of the Domestic Policy Council.
RAW STORY has more details here.
This video is from CNNs Newsroom, broadcast Nov. 24, 2008.
Friday, November 21, 2008
Monday, November 17, 2008
Video: Barack and Michelle Obama (Full Episode) on 60 Minutes 11-16-08
WASHINGTON (AFP) – President-elect Barack Obama vowed to pull troops out of Iraq, crush Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and shut down the Guantanamo Bay camp as part of a dramatic foreign policy break with George W. Bush.
In his first major post-election interview, with CBS program “60 Minutes,†the Democrat signaled no retreat from expansive campaign promises that have pleased US allies, even while adding little detail to how he will fulfill them.
Repairing the stricken US economy will be priority number one, and at least one Republican will fill his cabinet, Obama said in the broad-ranging interview taped Friday and broadcast Sunday.
Following his election triumph of November 4, Obama confirmed that he had met former Democratic primary rival Hillary Clinton last week but refused to comment on speculation linking her to the job of secretary of state.
CBS has a full transcript of their interview with Obama here. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/1...
Full Episode.
Monday, November 10, 2008
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Novel ft. Joell Ortiz - "I Can be President"
The "Obama Kool-Aid" hang-over has yet to wear off. In an attempt to get back to the hip hop I still keep it barack-ish.
Here's a new joint from one of my fav new-comers Joell Ortiz about the "the most famous man in the world"
Novel ft. Joell Ortiz - I Can Be President
Video: Rahm Emanuel: Middle-class tax cut a priority for Obama
ABCs George Stephanopoulos talked with Rahm Emanuel who will be Barack Obamas White House Chief of Staff. Emanuel stressed that Obamas economic plan is based on giving 95 percent of Americans a tax cut.
Politicos Mike Allen has more details here.
This video is from ABCs This Week, broadcast November 9, 2008.
Ever since Rahm Emanual confirmed that he has accepted Barack Obama's offer for the White House Chief of Staff position, he has been in the hot seat. He's one of the most searched names of Yahoo, right now.
This presedential cycle is going to be like no other, even in 2004. The internet wasn't as informative as it is now. The next 4 years will be quite interesting.
In these videos he touches on the alleged "stimulus package" discussed in Friday's Press Conference and how he plans on CUTTING OFF current vice president Dick Cheney's funding for his ''legislative branch''
for the record, I think I mis-lead people, it appears the ''stimulus package'' isn't going directly to our bank accounts like the one earlier this year did.
and the Chris Matthews video I think is a bit dated.
Friday, November 7, 2008
Video: Presedential Elect Barack Obama's first press conference POST-ELECTION Novermber 7, 2008
Pres-Elect Barack Obama held his first press conference today, post election.
A number of topics were discussed, the one that really means shit to the average Joe like you and I is we're getting another Stimulus CHECK.
and fast, it might even be pre-inaguration under Bush's presidency still.
Just watch all the videos, it was pretty informative and even got a bit comical when the "Urgency" of what dog he and Michelle will pick out for their two daughters was the topic.
Thursday, November 6, 2008
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