In his weekly address, President Obama talks about the devastating impacts of the sequester and encourages members of Congress to replace it with a balanced approach before it causes more harm. Help the President. Add you name and tell Republicans to stop playing political games with our kids, seniors and middle-class families.
What You Need to Know
Heroism and kindness
''What the world saw yesterday in the aftermath of the explosions were stories of heroism and kindness, and generosity and love. If you want to know who we are, what America is, how we respond to evil -- that’s it. Selflessly. Compassionately. Unafraid.'' -- President Obama Honoring Every Victim of Gun Violence
This week, President Obama asked Francine Wheeler to give the White House weekly address. The Wheelers lost their 6-year-old son, Ben, in Newtown. She is one of the many victims of gun violence calling on Congress to take action. We can honor the Wheelers and all victims of gun violence by demonstrating the courage to take action to reduce it. Watch this powerful weekly address and then add your voice to call for common-sense reforms. This week, President Obama asked Francine Wheeler to give the White House weekly address. The Wheelers lost their 6-year-old son, Ben, in Newtown. She is one of the many victims of gun violence calling on Congress to take action.
We can honor the Wheelers and all victims of gun violence by demonstrating the courage to take action to reduce it. Watch this powerful weekly address and then add your voice to call for common-sense reforms.
They Deserve a Vote
14 GOP Senators are using political stunts to prevent any vote on gun violence laws – including those supported by 90% of Americans. As President Obama said, ''You deserve better than that. You deserve a vote.'' 14 GOP Senators are using political stunts to prevent any vote on gun violence laws – including those supported by 90% of Americans. As President Obama said, ''You deserve better than that. You deserve a vote.''
We Must Rededicate Ourselves to the Fight for Equality for Women
Posted byIn November, women overwhelmingly supported President Obama—and that’s because we knew as women that President Barack Obama has and always will fight for us. This is why on National Equal Pay Day, alongside President Obama, we must rededicate ourselves to the fight for equality and understand that our work is far from finished. Because these issues are not just women’s issues; they are issues for all of our families.
Read MoreWhen I said in my State of the Union Address that these proposals deserve a vote — that the families of Newtown, and Aurora, and Tucson, and their former colleague in that chamber, Gabby Giffords, all deserve a vote — virtually every member in that chamber stood up and applauded.
– President Barack Obama
Now they're going to deny those families — your families — a vote, when the cameras are off and they think no one's looking?
You deserve better. You deserve a vote.Now is the time to make your voice heard
President Obama is asking the American people to join him in calling on Congress to pass commonsense measures to reduce gun violence. They deserve a vote. President Obama is asking the American people to join him in calling on Congress to pass commonsense measures to reduce gun violence. They deserve a vote.
The President’s Plan to Create Jobs and Cut the Deficit
"Our top priority as a nation, and my top priority as President, must be doing everything we can to reignite the engine of America’s growth: a rising, thriving middle class. That’s our North Star." A Big Win on Guns
After a major victory yesterday in the fight to reduce gun violence, Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley asked our supporters to step up.
Friend --
Throughout my career as a prosecutor, city councilman, mayor of Baltimore, and now governor of Maryland, I've had to attend too many funerals for men, women, and children who have lost their lives to gun violence.
I've spent my career working with law enforcement to drive down violent crime, and I am happy to say that today, we are taking another step forward toward curbing gun violence.
Yesterday, our state legislature passed a comprehensive public safety package that will make sure fewer mothers, fathers, sons, and daughters will lose a loved one to gun violence in Maryland.
Even though the proposal is supported by a large majority of Marylanders, we had to work harder than ever before to pass it into law. The interest groups who oppose actions to reduce gun violence are powerful, entrenched, and well-financed, and they fought us every step of the way in Maryland -- just as they're fighting tooth and nail to block any action at the federal level.
We were able to prevail because there were enough Democratic lawmakers willing to stand up to the special interest groups -- and they were able to do that because they knew that committed supporters like you had their back.
Today, I'm asking you to show Democrats across the country that you have their back in the fight to reduce gun violence.
I can tell you firsthand that having what it takes to win can make all the difference. Chip in $5 or more today:
https://my.democrats.org/Reduce-Gun-Violence
We must act -- to make our communities safer, and to honor the memory of the loved ones we've lost.
Thanks,
Martin
Martin O'Malley
Governor
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