Category: September 2011

NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE: Cyrus Amir-Mokri, of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, vice Michael S. Barr, resigned. Cyrus Amir-Mokri, of New York, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the National Consumer Cooperative Bank for a term of three years, vice David George Nason, term expired.…

WASHINGTON- Today, President Obama nominated Stephanie Dawn Thacker to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. “Stephanie Dawn Thacker has displayed exceptional dedication to the legal profession through her work and I am honored to nominate her to serve the American people as a judge on the United States Court…

WASHINGTON- Today, President Obama nominated Gregg Jeffrey Costa to serve on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. “Gregg Jeffrey Costa is a distinguished individual who has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to justice throughout his career,” said President Obama. “I am grateful for his decision to serve the American people from the…

NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE: Gregg Jeffrey Costa, of Texas, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, vice John D. Rainey, retired. Stephanie Dawn Thacker, of West Virginia, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit, vice M. Blane Michael, deceased.

WASHINGTON – On Tuesday, September 13, the President will travel to Columbus, Ohio, to talk about the bipartisan proposals to grow the economy and create jobs as part of the American Jobs Act that he will unveil in his speech to a joint session of Congress tonight.

The people of this country work hard to meet their responsibilities.  The question tonight is whether we’ll meet ours.  The question is whether, in the face of an ongoing national crisis, we can stop the political circus and actually do something to help the economy; whether we can restore some of the fairness and security…

1. Tax Cuts to Help America’s Small Businesses Hire and Grow Cutting the payroll tax in half for 98 percent of businesses: The President’s plan will cut in half the taxes paid by businesses on their first $5 million in payroll, targeting the benefit to the 98 percent of firms that have payroll below this…

The American people understand that the economic crisis and the deep recession weren’t created overnight and won’t be solved overnight. The economic security of the middle class has been under attack for decades. That’s why President Obama believes we need to do more than just recover from this economic crisis – we need to rebuild…

“The Jobs Council has examined the important need for and potential benefits of fixing our nation’s crumbling infrastructure.  We are encouraged that one of the President’s areas of focus in his American Jobs Act speech was on infrastructure as a means to creating jobs.  Macroeconomic models indicate that $1 of infrastructure spending boosts GDP by…