Helping make homeowners a priority
By President Barack Obama
In recent weeks, you might have noticed something. Or maybe even heard the sound of it if you live close enough. New homes are going up. In fact, construction workers are breaking ground on new homes in América at the fastest pace in more than four years.
At the same time, more homes are bein.... |
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GOP: Failing the central test of electability
Unemployment is still above 8 percent, job gains aren’t even keeping up with population growth, the economy is barely moving forward. And yet, according to most polls, the Romney-Ryan ticket is falling further and further behind. How can this be?
Because Republicans are failing the central test o.... |
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President’s agenda on the Hispanic community
Recently, I had the pleasure of participating in a policy conversation held at the Center for American Progress on ensuring that the ladder of opportunity remains strong for the Latino community. In conjunction with that event we released a report, “An America Built to Last: President Obama’s Agen.... |
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Presidential Candidates: It’s time to talk about housing
The ongoing housing crisis remains one of the biggest drags on our economic recovery. But less than three months before a presidential election viewed by many as a referendum on the economy, housing is little more than a side conversation on the campaign trail.
President Barack Obama has barely m.... |
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Ryan: A nightmare for the poor and minorities
In an apparent off the cuff remark, Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan gushed that he thought it was a “cool thing” that an African-American was president. But Ryan’s rapture with President Obama didn’t last past the first sentence. In the next breath he quickly added that he didn’t like much else about Oba.... |
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House Republicans are impeding job growth
It's time for summer vacation, but Congress is leaving town having not passed legislation to address our key economic problem: jobs. Even with the headwinds from Europe and the intransigence of House leadership, the economy has added jobs for 29 straight months, and this month was stronger with th.... |
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Nutrition assistance cuts to kids?
Far too many eligible Latino children are going hungry without nutritional assistance, and the Roby amendment would make an already terrible situation significantly worse.
The House version of the Farm Bill includes more than $16 billion in cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, p.... |
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Why states should participate in Medicaid expansion
The Affordable Care Act will expand health care coverage to millions of Americans. Among other key provisions, it ends discrimination against those with pre-existing conditions, allows young adults to stay on their parents’ plans until age 26, provides subsidies to make coverage more affordable, .... |
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Everything you need to know about insourcing
What is insourcing?
After decades of watching American companies take jobs to other countries, we're beginning to see entrepreneurs and manufactures make the decision to keep factories and production facilities here in the United States—or even bring jobs back to the U.S. from overseas.
How do .... |
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7 states have denied Medicaid coverage to millions
In the Supreme Court’s recent decision upholding the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, an important question before the Court was whether it was coercive for the federal government to threaten to withhold current federal funding for Medicaid, the joint federal-state health insurance pr.... |
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Latinos benefiting from Affordable Care Act
Obama for América released a report last week detailing how Latinos are already benefitting from the President's landmark health reforms and an online tool that helps Spanish speakers calculate the benefits they will receive under the Affordable Care Act. The report and health care calculator were.... |
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Grandparents relieve the foster care system
An accident landed seven of Rosie Cardenas’ grandchildren on her doorstep -- and she hasn’t looked back since.
Along with her husband, Jerry, Cardenas raised them when their daughter, a single mother, was seriously injured in a car accident. The Cardenases determined their daughter was unable to .... |
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Health coverage crucial to Latino grandparent caregiver
Researchers liken health coverage for grandparent caregivers to oxygen masks in an airplane. How can they look after the children when they’re not taking care of themselves?
Yet, like so many grandparents, Maria Olvera, 51, neglected her health because she was caught between job obligations and t.... |
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A closer look at the costs of E-Verify
This infographic explains the costs of E-Verify, the government’s Internet-based work authorization system. It highlights the system’s known costs, such as lost tax revenue and monetary burdens on small businesses, and estimates the costs of additional fiscal burdens—to individuals verified throug.... |
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S-COMM: Wrong for nation, wrong for Colorado
Last week, the Denver Post published a story addressing the Secure Communities program in relation to the Denver Mayoral race. The data released regarding the program showed an alarming pattern of disproportionate impact, which has led the State of Illinois to rescind its memorandum of agreement. .... |
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