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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Jul 18, 2012

Every economist whose Ph.D. is worth the paper it is printed on will tell you that the initiatives that Congress has so far refused to pass in the American Jobs Act would create at least a million jobs.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Jul 18, 2012

In November 2011, the President signed into law the Returning Heroes Tax Credit.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Jul 11, 2012

This legislation complements the new partnership launched by my administration that will make it easier for manufacturing companies to hire thousands of returning servicemembers who have the skills our country needs.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Jul 5, 2012

This bill will keep thousands of construction workers on the job rebuilding our Nation's infrastructure.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Jun 6, 2012

He would sign tomorrow a bill that permanently extended the tax cuts for 98 percent of the American people.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Jun 1, 2012

Ensuring paycheck fairness for women should be a no-brainer, and they need to pass that bill.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Apr 26, 2012

Change is the first bill I signed into law, a law that says women deserve an equal day's pay for an equal day's work.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Apr 24, 2012

Legislation should address core critical infrastructure vulnerabilities without sacrificing the fundamental values of privacy and civil liberties for our citizens.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Apr 24, 2012

get Congress to prevent interest rates on student loans from doubling in July.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Apr 24, 2012

It is important to the national security interests of the United States to waive the provisions of section 7040(a) of the Act, in order to provide funds appropriated to carry out Chapter 4 of Part II of the Foreign Assistance Act, as amended, to the Palestinian Authority.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Mar 29, 2012

Change is the first bill I signed into law, a law that says a woman deserves an equal day's pay for an equal day's work.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Mar 15, 2012

The health care bill will give 30 million people health care for the first time.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Feb 27, 2012

H.R. 1837 would repeal the San Joaquin River Settlement Agreement, which the Congress enacted to resolve 18 years of contentious litigation.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Feb 27, 2012

Unfortunately, H.R. 1837 would undermine these efforts and the progress that has been made.

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Barack Obama
@barackobama· Democratic · IL· Feb 27, 2012

The bill would undermine five years of collaboration between local, State, and Federal stakeholders to develop the Bay-Delta Conservation Plan.

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