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...spark action on what they hope will be the next big issue in the nation's capital: immigration reform. The crowd of mostly Latino immigrants, who arrived on more than 700 buses from 30 states, waved American flags and chanted "Yes, we can!" in both Spanish and English. President Obama addressed the crowd in a taped video message, but many demonstrators called for him to do more if he is to live up to his campaign promise to overhaul the immigration system. Speaking to the 10.8 million illegal immigrants nationwide and their confederates, Illinois Representative Luis Gutierrez said...
...Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference on March 22. They both reiterated their dedication to a strong U.S.-Israel relationship and addressed the dangers posed by Iran. But it was clear the U.S. would maintain its position against Israeli building on disputed land. Netanyahu met with Clinton and President Obama during his trip, but news of another East Jerusalem housing project threatened to further strain relations...
...Government takeover!" So yelled the many critics of President Barack Obama's health care reform bill. But in their focus on the main event, Republicans seem to have all but ignored another part of the legislation that more precisely fits their rhetoric. In addition to securing the President a victory on health care, the House bill took him one step closer to delivering on a promise to reform the college-student-loan system. If a final piece of legislation before the Senate is approved, millions of students will get their federal loans directly from the Department of Education. In other...
With his first major piece of education legislation out of the way, Obama will likely move on to K-12 matters later this year as he attempts to rework the unpopular No Child Left Behind law. But before then, members of Congress (and America's students) are going on spring break...
...February, President Barack Obama told the crowd at a Henderson, Nev., high school that not so long ago, the U.S. made barely 2% of the advanced batteries used in the world's electric vehicles. Now, thanks to a multibillion-dollar federal investment, American companies are positioned to increase production tenfold - and potentially control 40% of the global lithium-ion-battery market by 2015. "We've created an entire new industry," Obama said...