President Obama is joined by CEO’s and Entreprenuers as he signs the America Invents Act into law. The bill invests in America’s future by streamlining the patent process, allowing start-ups and small business owners to turn their innovative ideas into products three times faster than they can today. Learn more at http://whitehouse.gov
Sep 7, 2011
Rep. DeLauro Explains the Infrastructure Bank
Highlights from an interview by Jeremy Koulish, the Executive Director of Main Street Insider, with Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT3). The Congresswoman discusses her proposal, H.R 402, the National Infrastructure Development Bank Act of 2011.
Mayor Rawlings-Blake of Baltimore Supports the American Jobs Act
Have a story to tell? Congress needs to hear it.Rep. George Miller—the most senior Democrat on the House committee that deals with health, education, jobs and pension issues—is sponsoring a fact-finding forum and gathering stories to help Congress understand what life is really like for people struggling with the jobs crisis.You and your friends can help by submitting your stories.
Do you ever feel like the call for jobs is falling on deaf ears in Congress? It’s not. It’s just that obstructionists are blocking progress.Rep. George Miller—the most senior Democrat on the House committee that deals with health, education, jobs and pension issues—wants to stop the political games and pass legislation that gets America back to work. And you can help.
After you submit your story to Congress, please take a quick moment to paste it into the body of an e-mail and send it to us at peoplepower@aflcio.org.Are you struggling to find work or to acquire new skills? Have you or has someone in your family lost a job, particularly in construction or education? Has job loss threatened your home or your family’s health care?Tell Congress your story.
How have budget cuts in education affected your life or work? If you are a parent of a child in public schools, how have those cuts affected your children? Are schools or community colleges in your area in need of repair or modernization? Tell Congress your story.
Do you see a need for construction work in your community that is not being done for lack of funding? Tell Congress your story.
What kind of access do you have to job training or reemployment assistance programs? Is it sufficient? Tell Congress your story.
Outside of Washington, job creation is at the top of everyone’s agenda. Rep. Miller knows that. Let’s help him flood his congressional colleagues with compelling stories to demonstrate that America wants to work and we need good jobs now.
P.S. If you know people who have been unemployed for a long time—or who have first-hand experience in the struggling construction or education industries—Also, after you submit your story to Congress, please take a quick moment to paste it into the body of an e-mail and send it to us at peoplepower@aflcio.org.
The Senate will convene for a pro forma session only on Thursday, September 29, 2011 at 1:45pm.
Following the pro forma session, the Senate will adjourn until 2:00pm on Monday, October 3, 2011.
Following any Leader remarks, the Senate will be in morning business until
3:30pm with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each.
Following morning business, the Senate will resume consideration of the
motion to proceed to S.1619, the Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Reform Act
with the time until 4:30pm equally divided and controlled between the two
Leaders or their designees.
At 4:30pm, the Senate will proceed to Executive Session to consider the
following nominations:
Cal #113 Henry F. Floyd, of South Carolina, to be US Circuit Judge for the
Fourth Circuit
Cal #171 Nannette Jolivette Brown, of Louisiana, to be US District Judge for
the Eastern District of Louisiana
Cal #172 Nancy Torresen, of Maine, to be US District Judge for the District
of Maine
Cal #173 William Francis Kuntz, II, of New York, to be US District Judge for
the Eastern District of New York
Cal #184 Marina Garcia Marmolejo, of Texas, to be US District Judge for the
Southern District of Texas
Cal #357 Jennifer Guerin Zipps, of Arizona, to be US District Judge for the
District of Arizona
With one hour of debate equally divided and controlled between Senators
Leahy and Grassley or their designees. Calendar numbers 171, 172, 173, 184 and
357 will be confirmed by unanimous consent.
At 5:30pm, there will be 2 roll call votes in relation to the following:
Confirmation of Calendar #113, Henry F. Floyd, of South Carolina, to be US
Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit, and
Motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to Calendar #183, S.1619,
the Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Reform Act.
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President Obama explains that states will have greater flexibility to find innovative ways of improving the education system, so that we can raise standards in our classrooms and prepare the next generation to succeed in the global economy.
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