On Tuesday, March 2, 2010 the President signed into law: H.R. 4691, the “Temporary Extension Act of 2010,” which provides short-term extensions of several authorities, including those related to: (1) unemployment compensation; (2)COBRA premiums; (3)Medicare physician payments; (4)Medicare therapy caps;…
Archive: March 3, 2010
“I’m pleased to hear that the Government Accountability Office has found what we have been hearing from people across the country: overall Recovery Act programs and projects are working effectively to create jobs and drive economic growth. As GAO notes,…
Please find below excerpts from President Obama’s remarks this afternoon as prepared for delivery: “I don’t believe we should give government bureaucrats or insurance company bureaucrats more control over health care in America. I believe it’s time to give the…
The White House announced today that President Obama will travel to the Philadelphia and St. Louis metropolitan areas next week to discuss health insurance reform. He will head to the Philadelphia area on Monday, March 8 and to the St.…
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Obama nominated Scott M. Matheson, Jr. to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. Matheson currently holds the Hugh B. Brown Presidential Endowed Chair at the S.J. Quinney College of Law at…
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Obama nominated Kenneth J. Gonzales and Michael C. Ormsby to serve as United States Attorneys. Gonzales currently works as an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico and Ormsby currently works as…
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Obama nominated Willie R. Stafford to serve as a United States Marshal for the Middle District of North Carolina. Stafford currently serves as a background investigator for the Greensboro, North Carolina police department. “Willie Stafford…
Kenneth J. Gonzales, of New Mexico, to be United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico for the term of four years, vice David Claudio Iglesias. Scott M. Matheson, Jr., of Utah, to be United States Circuit Judge for…
The President today declared a major disaster exists in the District of Columbia and ordered Federal aid to supplement the District’s recovery efforts in the area struck by a severe winter storm and snowstorm during the period of December 18-20,…
1:50 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Thank you so much, all of you, for joining us today. And I want to thank Julie, Barbara, Roland, Stephen, Renee, and Christopher, standing behind me — physicians, physicians assistants, and nurses who understand how…
