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• Louisiana Law Review
• Nbr. 71-2, January 2011

• ; Ratings Show Congress, President Must Act

With the U.S. jobless rate mired at 9.1 percent, President Obama is expected to call tonight for extending a payroll tax cut for workers, more help for the unemployed and special tax breaks for those who hire them, as well as creating jobs to repair roads and bridges. The 7 p.m. speech -- to be delivered before a joint session of a Congress that has shown little interest in enacting Obama's initiatives -- carries huge import for Obama. It comes a week after a dismal August jobs report showed zero job growth and reignited fears that the U.S. economy may be heading for another dive. It also comes as national polls show Obama with the lowest job ratings of his presidency as the 2012 election campaign heats up.

• Buffalo News
• September 08, 2011

• President and Congress at Lowest Approval Ratings Ever

Less than two in five Americans likely to vote for President Obama if election were held today NEW YORK, Aug. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- After weeks of bad economic news and battling Congress over the debt ceiling and deficit discussions, President Obama is heading off for a little vacation time with his family to end the summer. Unfortunately, he is also ending the summer with the lowest approval ratings of his presidency so far. This month, just one-third of Americans (32%) give the president positive ratings on the overall job he is doing while two-thirds (68%) give him negative ratings. Last month, almost two in five (38%) gave the president positive marks while 62% gave him negative ones.

• U.S. Newswire
• August 23, 2011

• Twentieth Amendment: Terms of President, Vice President, Members of Congress: Presidential Vacancy

• Constitution of the United States (Annotated)

• Text of President Obama's Address to Congress On Sept. 8, 2011

Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, and fellow Americans: Tonight we meet at an urgent time for our country. We continue to face an economic crisis that has left millions of our neighbors jobless, and a political crisis that has made things worse.

• San Gabriel Valley Tribune
• September 08, 2011

• ; by Not Consulting Congress, President has Violated War Powers Act

President Obama's decision to involve U.S. military forces in an unconstitutional, unexplained mission in Libya has left many Americans seeking answers and action from Congress. Why has Mr. Obama ignored the public and congressional questions regarding his actions? Why did he thrust our American soldiers into this battle without the consent of Congress? While Senate Democratic leadership has so far not acted, these are questions that the House of Representatives is attempting to have answered. On June 3, the House passed a resolution demanding that the president provide the American people with specific answers and rational reasoning. So far, Mr. Obama has failed to provide compelling and legitimate logic behind U.S involvement in the Libyan mission. The House is requesting that the pre...

• The Washington Times
• June 16, 2011

• Congress, President Approve Extending U.S. Aid for Morocco Reforms to Western Sahara, Advance U.S. Policy Backing Moroccan Autonomy Solution

For first time, directs that U.S. aid to Morocco can be used in W. Sahara; Urges State Dept to make resolving W. Sahara dispute a U.S. foreign policy priority; Important steps to bolster, extend Morocco's reform agenda WASHINGTON, Dec. 23, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Congress has approved and the President today signed a bill taking action to extend U.S. assistance for Morocco's reforms to the Western Sahara and advance the longstanding U.S. policy calling for a solution to the Western Sahara conflict based on autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty. The action -- included in the 2012 Omnibus Spending Report--for the first time directs that U.S. program assistance to Morocco may be used in all "regions and territories administered by Morocco," including the Western Sahara.

• U.S. Newswire
• December 23, 2011

• Congress, President Agree To Extend Expiring Medicare And Medicaid Payments

On February 17, 2012, Congress approved the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, ending debate over the extension of payroll tax redu...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• United States Law Articles in English

• Obama Sends Congress Budget: ; President's $3.73 Trillion Proposal Includes Tax Increases, Spending Cuts

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama sent Congress a $3.73 trillion budget Monday that holds out the prospect of eventually bringing deficits under control through spending cuts and tax increases. But the fiscal blueprint largely ignores his own deficit commission's view that the nation is imperiled unless huge entitlement programs like Social Security and Medicare are slashed. Obama called his new budget one of "tough choices and sacrifices," but most of those cuts would be held off until after the end of his first term.

• Charleston Daily Mail
• February 15, 2011

• Capitol Hill Conference: Former Us Government Officials, Members of Congress Urge President Obama to Unshackle Iran's Principal Opposition, the Mek

WASHINGTON, March 19, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On 17 March 2011, in a bi-partisan conference on Capitol Hill, titled, "Iran Rising for Freedom--U.S. Policy Prospects," former top officials of the Obama as well as Clinton and Bush administrations joined senior Members of Congress. They urged the Obama Administration to adopt a new policy in support of Iranians who are demanding change in Iran and remove Iran's principal opposition, the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) from the State Department's list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations. They also called for the protection of Camp Ashraf, Iraq, home to the 3,400 members (including 1,000 women) of MEK. General James Jones, National Security Advisor to President Obama (2009-2010); Governor Howard Dean, Presidential Candidate and Chairman of th...

• U.S. Newswire
• March 19, 2011