On Friday, July 24, First Lady Michelle Obama celebrated the 10th anniversary of the National Design Awards in the East Room of the White House. The awards, which are a part of the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum, were first celebrated at the White House in 2000. They began as a project of the White House [...]
This week the First Grandmother of the United States, Mrs Marian Robinson, gave a group of Montgomery County, MD elementary school students a special look inside the White House. She spent the morning answering questions and reading a book titled “The Napping House”.
When asked by one of the students if she was rich, the First [...]
From the Washington Post:
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s decision to postpone a final vote on President Obama’s health care proposal until September sets up a one-month campaign sprint between supporters and opponents of the legislation that will span over Congress’ August recess.
"With final votes now pushed back to at least September, this means every pro [...]
In case you missed it, here is the full video of the President’s prime time press conference from Wednesday night:
From OFA Director Mitch Stewart:
Last week, Republican Senator Jim DeMint tried to rally our opposition by declaring that stopping reform would "break" President Obama. Instead, hundreds of thousands of you rushed forward to stand up for enacting health insurance reform this year.
Then last night, the President delivered a powerful prime-time address about why further [...]
From OFA Director Mitch Stewart:
Last week, Republican Senator Jim DeMint tried to rally our opposition by declaring that stopping reform would "break" President Obama. Instead, hundreds of thousands of you rushed forward to stand up for enacting health insurance reform this year.
Then last night, the President delivered a powerful prime-time address about why further [...]
President Obama is in Cleveland, Ohio, were he will be holding a Town Hall on Health Insurance Reform starting at 2:10 PM Eastern. You can listen to a live audio feed from the event below:
UPDATED: The event has ended, but we’ll have more from today’s Town Hall soon.
President Obama is in Cleveland, Ohio, were he will be holding a Town Hall on Health Insurance Reform starting at 2:10 PM Eastern. You can listen to a live audio feed from the event below:
UPDATED: The event has ended, but we’ll have more from today’s Town Hall soon.
We’ve hit the midway point in OFA’s Health Care Week of Action: a coordinated effort from Monday, July 20th to Monday, July 27th during which OFA’s supporters and volunteers are participating in thousands of events in all 50 states — including door-to-door canvasses, phone banks, roundtables and community gatherings – to build grassroots support for [...]
