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Obama reaches out to seniors on new Medicare benefits
June 9, 2010One of the most important features of President Obama's health reform law is that it begins to make health care more affordable for retirees and seniors. Several important reforms will undo some of the harm caused...
Read moreAction on jobs key to victory in November
June 9, 2010"We don't have the luxury of all this whining and agonizing. We've got to turn the agonizing into organizing."
Read moreAmerica’s Future: Call to reassemble the Obama coalition to fight for jobs
June 9, 2010Leaders from core components of the diverse coalition that elected President Obama declared here today that "it's time for us to do it again" to win jobs and justice.
Read moreMarchers demand common sense taxes, not cuts
June 8, 2010SAN FRANCISCO - Their chants - "Arnold, Arnold get a clue, better raise some revenue!" and "Tax the oil, tax the booze, save the services we all use!"- reverberated off buildings along Market St as hundreds...
Read moreOil plumes spreading under Gulf “like ash from a volcano”
June 8, 2010Government officials confirmed today that oil as far as 3,300 feet below the surface is traveling in clouds through large areas of the subsea Gulf of Mexico. At a news briefing, Jane Lubchenko, of the National...
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