How Much Vacation Time Has Obama Taken? (Infographic)
The Sequester battle rages on in D.C., and now golfing and White House tours are ammo. One I’ve heard brought up more than usual lately is a complaint that Obama has been on these lavish vacations costing tax payers enormous amounts. I guess the reasoning goes something like ‘we wouldn’t even have a national debt [...]
Outside Canyon Springs High School in North Las Vegas where President Obama was making a visit today, the Las Vegas Latin Chamber of Commerce positioned a few mobile billboards with a message for the President: “Thanks for protecting our national monuments. Up next… Gold Butte.” There were billboards in English and Spanish. Similar ads also [...]
Continue reading …Why are Republicans repeatedly attacking and making it their number one priority to repeal President Obama’s health care reform bill, The Affordable Care Act? Watch the video below and comment whether you think Republicans should/shouldn’t be ashamed of themselves for attacking something that is saving lives. Like an old scratched up vinyl record, Republicans repeatedly [...]
Continue reading …Republicans (the people who are all about the Constitution when it’s convenient) are all up in arms with President Obama’s recess appointment of Richard Cordray to be the first Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Apart from the political motivations, this argument over the legality or prudence of the President’s alleged circumvention of the [...]
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Jamelle Bouie of The Nation reports some good news:. “For political and implementation reasons, most of the Affordable Care Act won’t take effect until 2014. Among the provisions that have begun, however, is a change that allows young adults (men and women immediately out of college) to remain on their parent’s health insurance plans. As [...]
Continue reading …We will be covering President Obama’s jobs speech tonight here at The Nevada View. You can participate in the live discussion right here. The speech starts at 7pm Eastern, 4pm Pacific time. It will be on the major networks, or you can watch it live on the White House website here. Tweet
Continue reading …Progressives have exclaimed their disappointment, outrage, and disgust with the way the President negotiated the budget deal with Republicans last year and the debt limit increase this week. He agreed to extend all of the Bush tax cuts, not just those for people making less than $250,000 a year; he did not get a “clean” [...]
Continue reading …It’s been a little over two months since President Obama delivered the news that bin Laden had been killed. Thinking about Osama bin Laden may seem like an unusual way to spend the 4th of July. But that’s what I did. In the midst of cook outs, swimming under a hot sun, and watching the night sky ablaze with color, I reflected back on all that has happened since we got the news that bin Laden was dead. And wondered what it was we were celebrating.
Continue reading …During the 2008 campaign I often heard Obama say that the election was only the first step toward progress, and that the real work would begin after assuming office. In Obama’s first two years in office, his words have certainly proven to be true. There are several groups working against him and his agenda, all of who have no trouble disregarding the overwhelming number of citizens who voted for change last fall in the process. Me, I see it differently, and I’ll be there to help our president get re-elected and I’m proud to say, “I’m In!”
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Article first published as Is Obama’s War in Libya Constitutional? on Blogcritics. President Barack Obama’s intervention in Libya with American military forces creates an interesting dilemma, though mainly for ideologues, partisans and talking heads. The drama ensues from the duplicitous back and forth between Democrats and Republicans on this issue of executive war powers. Should [...]
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