Obama Reform

White House: We Won't Compromise On The Individual Mandate

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration on Tuesday said it had no plans to abandon the controversial individual mandate in the president's signature he...

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Vocation Matriculation: The Case For Trade Education In High School

Ilana Garon | Posted 05.25.2011

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Although education is certainly a factor in paving the road to economic recovery, college is not the right path for everyone.

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Turning Around the Administration's Turnaround Policy

John Thompson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Turnarounds need to be intense, but reformers must also take the time to lay a foundation for dramatic improvements.

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Racing to the Top of the Cliff (and Beyond)

Steve Nelson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Will we ever learn? The latest evidence that the "Race to the Top" program leads over the edge of a cliff comes courtesy of the depressing results rep...

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To the Man with the Audacity of Hope: Let's Make Good on Cradle to Career

Susan Ochshorn | Posted 05.25.2011

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Get back to the cradle, Mr. President, to the scientists in the crib, to those magical years of early childhood, where our country's future lies.

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Washington DC's 'Promise Neighborhood' Makes School Reform A Community Concern

Posted 05.25.2011

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This time last year, the Parkside-Kenilworth area in Washington D.C. mirrored struggling communities across the United States -- low-performing schoo...

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Where Is The Value In Value-Added Rankings Of Our Nation's Teachers?

Posted 05.25.2011

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"Value-added" rankings have been a buzz word among educators since "Race to the Top", began promising funds to school systems that adapt to certain r...

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Poll: Mass. Voters Protested Against Weak Wall Street, Health Care Policies

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein and Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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EDITOR'S NOTE: The story below includes references to polling conducted by the firm Research 2000. The reliability and accuracy of Research 2000's pol...

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Obama Staffing Health Care Reform Implementation Team

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Over the weekend, the Obama administration continued the critical process of hiring health care experts to help carry out and sell the policy it passe...

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Unified GOP To Block Senate From Debating Wall Street Reform

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mitch McConnell has rounded up the necessary votes to block Democrats from bringing Wall Street reform to the Senate floor, a spokesman for the Senate...

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White House Says Financial Regulation Reform By Memorial Day Is Possible, Offers Specifics

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Obama administration officials on Wednesday expressed optimism about the passage of financial regulatory reform legislation and made explicit recommen...

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Obama, Democrats Begin Reaping Political Benefits Of Reform

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Only hours after the president signed health care reform legislation into law on Tuesday, the immediate political benefits for the Democratic Party ar...

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Reid Cramer: Financial Reform In Five Steps

Mother Jones | Reid Cramer | Posted 05.25.2011

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The big banks and their lobbyists are vigorously resisting a rewrite of their operating rules and working hard to insert loopholes and exclusions that...

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Senator Maria Cantwell

Local News | Kyung M. Song | Posted 05.25.2011

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Washington Senator Maria Cantwell is leading a crusade against derivatives trading, writes Kyung Song in the Seattle Times: "She has introduced bills ...

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Treasury Secretaries of Administrations Past Petition For Volcker Rule

Posted 05.25.2011

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The 'Volcker Rule' got fresh support this morning when five former Treasury Secretaries endorsed the key financial regulation in a letter to the Wall ...

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Credit CARD Act Goes Into Effect On Monday, And Banks Are Ready Fee Blitz Escalates

Mother Jones | Stephanie Mencimer | Posted 05.25.2011

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On Monday, the second phase of the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009--a major overhaul that boosts safeguards again...

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Dodd Says The Senate Banking Bill Is At An Impasse

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Looking to douse public and congressional anger, chief executives at some of the biggest financial institutions are on a mission to...

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Volcker Still 'Just A Photo Op'?

Posted 05.25.2011

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When Paul Volcker was first appointed chairman of President Obama's Economic Recovery Advisory Board, he really didn't expect to have much influence. ...

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Martin Wolf: Bank Reforms Are, But Obama's Proposals Are 'Unworkable, Undesirable And Irrelevant'

ft.com | Martin Wolf | Posted 05.25.2011

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I admire Mr Volcker and strongly support his desire to develop a financial sector that supports the wider economy, rather than makes vast profits out ...

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World Economic Forum Davos bankers to lobby against Obama reforms

guardian.co.uk | Katie Allen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Banking chiefs will head to Davos this week where they are expected to use the Swiss ski resort's annual economics jamboree to quietly lobby against B...

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NYU Economists

Viral Acharya and Matthew Richardson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Obama's sweeping proposal for financial regulation took the world by surprise. Here two of the world's leading professors of finance explain why it is...

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Nelson: Obama Will 'Have To Scale Back Agenda'

The Hill | Michael O'Brien | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Barack Obama will have to scale back his domestic agenda after finishing work on healthcare, one Democratic senator said Monday. Sen. Bill ...

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White House Recognizes 'Wake Up Call,' Tries To Project Calm

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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White House officials were in crisis mode today, but gave no public indication of changing course in the wake of a humbling defeat in the Massachusett...

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Maybe You Can

David Bromwich | Posted 05.25.2011

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After Guantanamo, after state secrets, after cap and trade, health care, the settlement freeze, and Afghanistan, it will be hard to answer the skeptic who says Obama lacks the conviction of his convictions.

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Lamont On Lieberman: He's Echoing GOP's Health Care Talking Points

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nine months after the Democratic leadership voted to allow Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) to retain his chairmanship of a key committee and continue ...

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