Today’s employment report contained both signs of hope for recovery and painful evidence of continued labor market weakness. Payroll employment declined 190,000 in October, continuing the steady trend of moderating job loss that began last spring.  Furthermore, the employment loss…

Creating Jobs, Strengthening the Recovery, and Helping Workers Who Cannot Find Jobs Today, President Obama signed legislation to help create jobs by providing tax cuts for homebuyers and businesses, while providing much-needed support for workers who are still struggling to…

THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary ___________________________________________________________________ For Immediate Release                                                                              November 6, 2009   The following essay penned by Dr. Jill Biden will be featured in the November 6-8th issue of USA Weekend Magazine and is available HERE: A Veteran’s…

WASHINGTON – Today, President Barack Obama announced that he will name Deputy White House Counsel Cassandra Q. Butts as Senior Advisor in the Office of the Chief Executive Officer at the Millennium Challenge Corporation. President Obama said, “I am honored…

On the occasion of the 20th Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, President Barack Obama extends his congratulations to the people of Germany – and the people of Europe.   On November 9, 1989, Germans from both sides of…

Generando empleos, reforzando la recuperación y ayudando a los trabajadores que no pueden encontrar empleo Hoy, El Presidente Obama promulgó legislación para ayudar a generar empleos al otorgar recortes tributarios a empresas y compradores de casa, y a la vez…

The President today made additional disaster assistance available to the State of North Dakota by authorizing an increase in the level of Federal funding for Public Assistance projects undertaken as a result of severe storms and flooding during the period…