http://www.americaandobama.com America and President Barack Obama Wed, 09 Sep 2009 06:41:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Obama Administration is holding a day-long summit on the H1N1 virus today, and in an effort to encourage flu preparedness, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced a new PSA campaign contest. Participants are encouraged to submit their own 15, 30 or 60 second Public Service Announcement to ... http://www.americaandobama.com/2009/09/09/flu-gov/ From Vice-President Joe Biden:Judge Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation hearings begin Monday, and that means we're one step closer to getting her on the Supreme Court. Since President Obama nominated her back in May, Judge Sotomayor's brilliance and unique legal qualifications have stood strong against fierce scrutiny. Law enforcement officials have praised ... http://www.americaandobama.com/2009/09/09/a-crucial-week-for-sotomayor/ http://www.americaandobama.com/2009/09/09/open-thread-5/ From OFA Director Mitch Stewart:Every single day, special interests spend a staggering $1.4 million lobbying Congress to shut down the President's agenda for health care reform. To fix our broken system, we'll have to counter big corporate money with a grassroots network of folks like you. More than 100,000 Americans ... http://www.americaandobama.com/2009/09/09/president-obama-and-you-one-on-one/ Following the official release of the House health care bill today, President Obama released the following statement: "For decades, Washington failed to act as health care costs continued to rise, crushing businesses and families and placing an unsustainable burden on governments.  But today, key committees in the House of Representatives ... http://www.americaandobama.com/2009/09/09/statement-by-the-president-on-the-health-care-reform-legislation-introduced-in-the-house-today/ The President is scheduled to speak on health care reform today at 1:05 PM Easter. You can watch live at WhiteHouse.gov/live.UPDATED: Here are the President's full remarks, as prepared for delivery:I’m pleased to be joined today by representatives from the American Nurses Association on behalf of the 2.9 million registered ... http://www.americaandobama.com/2009/09/09/president-obama-speaks-on-health-care-reform/ Earlier today, OFA had a chance to send out a unique message from a special guest sender:I'm Patricia, from Hallandale Beach, Florida (just a little north of Miami). Like you, I support President Obama, and I want to help his agenda become a reality. Two years ago, I was diagnosed ... http://www.americaandobama.com/2009/09/09/why-i-walk-and-call/ Dan Hannaher, 56, is from Fargo, ND. He employs 22 at his office furnishings business, Hannaher’s, Inc. and served as chairman of North Dakota’s state Democratic Party from 1995 to 1997. We asked him if you would write a guest post for the OFA blog the importance of health ... http://www.americaandobama.com/2009/09/09/small-businesses-need-health-care-reform/ The President is expected to deliver an update on the ongoing health care reform efforts shortly. You can watch live at WhiteHouse.gov/live. http://www.americaandobama.com/2009/09/09/live-president-obama-to-speak-on-health-care/ This is what the debate in Congress is all about: Whether we’ll keep talking and tinkering and letting this problem fester as more families and businesses go under, and more Americans lose their coverage. Or whether we’ll seize this opportunity – one we might not have again for generations – ... http://www.americaandobama.com/2009/09/09/weekly-address-health-care-reform-cannot-wait/