Archive for 'President Obama'

Community Colleges Forced to Turn Students Away | 11.13.09

With President Obama encouraging people to head back to school and thousands of people losing their jobs, it should come as no surprise that more people than usual are deciding to head back to school. After all, going back to college is a great way to pursue a new career path. Unfortunately, the New York [...]

Obama Administration Receives Praise for Changes to Race to the Top Legislation Proposal | 11.12.09

The Obama administration has released new information regarding its Race to the Top program, which has received a great deal of criticism since it was first unveiled. Although the new draft is still garnering criticism, some of the changes have met with approval from those who were initially against the plan.
Obama’s Race to the Top [...]

The House of Representatives Approves Health Care Reform | 11.10.09

November 2009 – Can President Obama’s new healthcare reform bill get you hired?
President Obama’s health care reforms have just experienced a huge triumph on Sunday. The House of Representatives narrowly passed his health care bill by a 220-215 vote. While it’s still up in the air as to whether the Senate will follow suit, this [...]

Can One Man Ruin President Obama’s Health Care Reform? | 10.20.09

Back on September 9th, President Obama gave an important speech to Americans asking for their support in improving the country’s health care system. No matter what your politics are, you know that our country’s approach to health care is in need of reform.
But will the President’s plans to create a universal health care system actually [...]

Construction Industry Will See 11% Increase in 2010 | 10.19.09

The economic downturn left the nation’s construction industry absolutely debilitated for a year. However, according to the Reuters, the construction sector is going to make gains this coming year. Single family homes, apartment buildings, and infrastructure projects are going to go up, meaning more jobs for construction workers, plumbers, and electricians. Finally [...]

Obama Boosting Infrastructure Funding – Jobs Are On the Way | 10.18.09

President Obama has taken many extreme measures to ensure that our economy does not dip into a depression. Now he is consider a mix of spending programs in order to respond to our increasing unemployment rate that would also help stimulate the economy even more. Although not labeled a stimulus, it will directly [...]

Obama Says Nurses are “bedrock” of Medical Profession |

President Obama has always had a deep admiration of the medical field. He knows that both doctors and nurses are the fighting force in America’s health services sector. For this reason, he’s spent much of the past few weeks with doctors and nurses as he tries to push health care reform into the [...]

President Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize | 10.09.09

October 9, 2009 – President Barack Obama can now add “Nobel Prize winner” to his resume.
Although he’s only been in office for 37 weeks, the Nobel Committee praised the President for his “extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.” This surprise decision makes Obama the third U.S. president to win the prize [...]

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