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 President Obama Speaks on Manufacturing

President Obama speaks at a Rolls-Royce jet engine manufacturing plant about the importance of a strong American manufacturing industry that creates good jobs for workers making products that can be sold all over the world. March 9, 2012.More

 

 Weekly Address: Investing in a Clean Energy Future

Speaking from a factory in Virginia, President Obama talks about how companies are creating more jobs in the United States, making better products than ever before, and how many are developing new technologies that are reducing our dependence on foreign oil and saving families money at the pump.More

 3/8/12: White House Press Briefing

White House Press Briefings are conducted most weekdays from the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room in the West Wing.More

 West Wing Week: 3/9/12 or “Speak Softly; Carry a Big Stick”

Welcome to the West Wing Week, your guide to everything that’s happening at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. This week, the President addressed both the Conservation and AIPAC  conferences, sat down with Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel, Prime Minister Al-Keeb of Libya, and President Mills of Ghana, hosted a White House news conference, announced steps the administration is taking to support homeowners, and traveled to the Daimler Mount Holly Truck Plant in North Carolina. That’s March 2nd to March 8th or, “Speak Softly; Carry a Big Stick.”More

President Obama Speaks on Manufacturing

President Obama speaks at a Rolls-Royce jet engine manufacturing plant about the importance of a strong American manufacturing industry that creates good jobs for workers making products that can be sold all over the world. March 9, 2012.More

 

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USA.gov.: learn more – frauds&scams, permanent res, voting info for uniformed&overseas,student aid, tornados


Learn more about frauds and scams so that you don’t become a victim.

Learn more about the options and steps to becoming a permanent resident.

Visit the voting assistance guide for uniformed and overseas citizens.

 How can I prepare for a tornado?

Learn more about federal student aid and how to apply.

What is Fix a Leak Week?

According to a new settlement, some Servicemembers and Veterans may receive housing relief.Relief could affect those who were:

  • Wrongly foreclosed upon
  • Wrongfully denied the opportunity to reduce their mortgage payments through lower interest rates
  • Forced to sell their homes for less than they were worth due to a change in station

As part of an effort to reduce barriers and costs for refinancing, FHA will cut its fees for refinancing loans already insured by FHA. An estimated 2-3 million borrowers could be eligible for this savings.

Get further details about these new provisions for military homeowners.
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Santorum … said what ?

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Santorum: No apology needed for Quran burning

Rick Santorum: No ‘absolute’ separation of church and state

Obama wants college to ‘indoctrinate’ — Santorum

Santorum: Sometimes You have to Wonder Who’s Side Pres. Obama is On

Rick santorum for president 2012 – says obama is un american A Muslim Send to Destroy ThisNation

cnn – rick santorum: barack obama’s foreign policy is appeasement

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Josh Mandel won’t tell you where he stands … Ohio – Support Sherrod Brown !


 

Our opponent, Josh Mandel, recently sat down for an interview with the Atlantic Monthly1. And he made a remark that really stood out.

 Defending his habit of dodging questions about his positions, he said:

“We don’t pretend to cast votes on all these different pieces of legislation going through Washington. You know, we leave that to Sherrod Brown and the other career politicians.”
But here’s the thing. You don’t have to be an elected official to know that it’s wrong to call a woman a “slut” just because she disagrees with you. You don’t have to be an elected official to know that President Obama did the right thing when he saved the auto industry and hundreds of thousands of Ohio jobs.

 Josh Mandel won’t say what he thinks about those — and many other — issues. Even worse, when the reporter asked whether Ohioans deserve to know where he stands, he said that “when I’m a U.S. Senator…they’ll know exactly what my position is.”

I know that you’re not an elected official — but I bet you have opinions on these issues. And if you want a Senator who isn’t afraid to tell you where he stands, it’s clear that there’s only one choice in this election. Stand with Sherrod by contributing $5 today!

 Frankly, Josh has it backwards. After all, in his current elected position, he has skipped every single meeting of an important state panel he was supposed to chair. In Josh’s world, you don’t have to tell people what you think until you’re elected — and then you don’t have to show up for work.

 That’s not how Sherrod treats his job. Sherrod’s always been proud to tell people where he stands — on the side of workers, on the side of women, on the side of Ohio’s manufacturers and small businesses. And whenever there’s a fight over the future of the middle class, Sherrod shows up to work hard for Ohio families.

I think Ohio can do better than Josh Mandel — someone who, according to the article, “quickly turns evasive or just blank on unfamiliar ground.” And if you agree, we need your support — will you give $5 or more now?

 You don’t have to be a “career politician” to know where you stand. And you don’t have to read between the lines to know where Sherrod stands.

 Thank you for helping us hold Josh Mandel accountable.

 Sarah Benzing
 Campaign Manager
 Friends of Sherrod Brown

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AFL – CIO new website


  
The AFL-CIO’s new website showcases our commitment to reaching and engaging all working people. We hope you’ll take a look—and come back often.

Visit the AFL-CIO’s new website.
   

Since becoming secretary-treasurer of the AFL-CIO, I have been committed to reaching and engaging the broadest range of working people inside and outside of unions.

I believe that—to be relevant and part of the conversation in this day and age—we need to do things differently.

It’s critical that we embrace constant innovation to build on what we do best. And we’ve got to commit to a culture of openness—building an inclusive movement that puts the voices of workers front and center and encourages all working families to get involved.

Innovation and openness are what we had in mind as we redesigned our website from the bottom up. We put the stories of working people front and center, and created a community space to share information, take action and showcase the work of the unions and the people we are proud to represent.

Please take a moment to visit the AFL-CIO’s new website and get more involved by visiting our blog and action center.

   The AFL-CIO’s investment in cutting-edge communications and technologies isn’t just limited to a new website. In fact,our commitment to innovation starts at the top.

President Richard Trumka sent his first tweet last week. You can now follow President Trumka on Twitter (@RichardTrumka). And you can also follow me on Twitter here (@LizShuler).

We’ve also made a big commitment to building new tools and a new team that will empower our members and activists to leverage the power of the Internet to mobilize their friends, neighbors and families.

Over the coming months and beyond, we’ll take what the labor movement has always done well offline, bring it online and open up our movement in more ways to more people. We’ll be mobilizing harder and smarter than ever before.

Soon, we’ll ask you to use some of these new tools to do more of what the labor movement does best. Things like conversations in our workplaces, phone banking and reaching out to the people you know. We’ll invite everyone who cares about the future of working families to get involved.

Lots of exciting things are coming, and I can’t wait to tell you more soon. But today, the best way to see the new direction we’re headed in is to visit the AFL-CIO’s new website, blog and action center.

With your help, we’re building an increasingly innovative, active, open and effective movement for all working people—including young people, Latinos and working men and women who don’t have the benefits of a union voice on the job. Our new website reflects that. Thank you for being a part of it—and for all the work you do.

In Solidarity,

Liz Shuler
Secretary-Treasurer, AFL-CIO

P.S. Here are four things you can do this week that you couldn’t do last week:
1. Visit our redesigned website, then share it on Facebook and Twitter.
2. Check out the revamped AFL-CIO Now Blog.
3. Visit our new action center.
4. Follow President Trumka on Twitter. (You can also follow me.)