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Senator Barack Obama

Barack Obama is the President of the United States of America.
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  • Obama Announces $15B for State Medicaid Programs - February 23, 2009
    • Almost three months ago, we came together in Philadelphia to listen to one another, to share ideas, and to try to push some of our ideology rigidity aside to formulate a...
  • Obama Says Stimulus To Start Being Felt in April - February 21, 2009
    • Because of what we did together, there will now be shovels in the ground, cranes in the air, and workers rebuilding our crumbling roads and bridges, and repairing our...
  • Obama Addresses Mayors Regarding Stimulus Cash - February 20, 2009
    • You know, in a long career in politics, there's one overwhelming reason why I never ran for mayor, Richie, it's too hard. (Laughter.) They have got your phone number,...
  • Obama's Press Conference with PM Stephen Harper - February 19, 2009
    • Our discussions today focused on three main priorities. First, President Obama and I agree that Canada and the United States must work closely to counter the global...
  • Obama Unveils Mortgage Plan - February 18, 2009
    • It begins with a young family - maybe in Mesa, or Glendale, or Tempe - or just as likely in suburban Las Vegas, Cleveland, or Miami. They save up. They search. They...
  • Obama's Statement on Afghanistan - February 17, 2009
    • This reinforcement will contribute to the security of the Afghan people and to stability in Afghanistan. I recognize the extraordinary strain that this deployment...
  • Obama Signs the Stimulus Package - February 17, 2009
    • The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that I will sign today - a plan that meets the principles I laid out in January - is the most sweeping economic recovery...
  • Real Progress for the American People - February 14, 2009
    • This morning, I'm pleased to say that after a lively debate full of healthy differences of opinion, we've delivered real and tangible progress for the American...
  • Obama's Speech to the Business Council - February 13, 2009
    • Tragic events such as these remind us of the fragility of life and the value of every single day. One person who understood that well was Beverly Eckert, who was on...
  • Obama Rallies Stimulus Support in Peoria - February 12, 2009
    • Now, his successor, Congressman Schock -- where is he -- he's back here, he's right here -- stand up, Aaron. This is a -- (applause) -- Aaron's still trying to make up...
  • Obama's Remarks on Lincoln's Bicentennial - February 12, 2009
    • What those soldiers saw when they looked on this building was a very different sight than the one we see today. For it remained unfinished until the end of the war. The...
  • Obama's Stimulus Remarks in Virginia - February 11, 2009
    • We've passed a version of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan through the House. Yesterday, we passed a version through the Senate. Now we've got to get a...
  • Obama's Remarks at Ford's Theatre Reopening - February 11, 2009
    • As commemorations take place across this country on the bicentennial of our 16th President's birth, there will be reflections on all he was and all he did for this...
  • Obama's Townhall in Fort Myers, Florida - February 10, 2009
    • It is important that we do so to help education, to help our infrastructure...(APPLAUSE)... and to help health care for those who need it the most, the most vulnerable...
  • Obama's Press Conference Transcript - February 9, 2009
    • OBAMA: As we speak, similar scenes are playing out in cities and towns across America. Last Monday, more than 1,000 men and women stood in line for 35 firefighter jobs...
  • We Can't Afford to Wait - February 9, 2009
    • We're talking about folks who've lost their livelihood and don't know what will take its place. Parents who've lost their health care and lie awake nights praying the...
  • Obama Praises Stimulus Deal, Expresses Urgency - February 7, 2009
    • But by the evening, Democrats and Republicans came together in the Senate and responded appropriately to the urgency this moment demands.In the midst of our greatest...
  • Obama Names Economic Recovery Board - February 6, 2009
    • Last month, another six hundred thousand Americans lost their jobs. That is the single worst month of job loss in 35 years. The Department of Labor also adjusted their...
  • Obama Rallies House Caucus on Stimulus - February 5, 2009
    • I want to thank John Larson for inviting me here tonight. This is John's first conference as Chairman of the Democratic Caucus, so we're both new at this. John,...
  • Obama's Remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast - February 5, 2009
    • It's a tradition that I'm told actually began many years ago in the city of Seattle. It was the height of the Great Depression, and most people found themselves out of...
  • Obama Announces Executive Compensation Limits - February 4, 2009
    • But make no mistake:A failure to act, and act now, will turn crisis into a catastrophe and guarantee a longer recession, a less robust recovery, and a more uncertain...
  • Obama Says Stimulus Spending Strategy Coming Soon - January 31, 2009
    • Already the slowdown has cost us tens of thousands of jobs in January alone. And the picture is likely to get worse before it gets better.Make no mistake, these are not...
  • Obama and Biden Announce Middle Class Task Force - January 30, 2009
    • The recession is deepening and the urgency of our economic crisis is growing. Yesterday we reached a new threshold: the highest number of Americans receiving...
  • Obama on Signing the Ledbetter Act - January 29, 2009
    • Now, Lilly could have accepted her lot and moved on. She could have decided that it wasn't worth the hassle and harassment that would inevitably come with speaking up...
  • Obama's Remarks on Economy, Super Bowl - January 29, 2009
    • One point I want to make is that all of us are going to have responsibilities to get this economy moving again. And when I saw an article today indicating that Wall...
  • Obama's Remarks at the Pentagon - January 28, 2009
    • I had a wonderful discussion with the joint chiefs. We kind of lost track of time, about a range of issues facing our military as well as the threats that face this...
  • Obama on Meeting with Business Leaders - January 28, 2009
    • As we discussed in our meeting a few minutes ago, corporate America will have to accept its own responsibilities to its workers and to the American public. But these...
  • Obama on Meeting with House GOP - January 27, 2009
    • As I explained to the Republican House Caucus, and I'll explain to my former Senate colleagues, the recovery package that we have proposed and is moving its way through...
  • Jobs, Energy Independence, and Climate Change - January 26, 2009
    • We owe it to each of them and to every, single American to act with a sense of urgency and common purpose. We can't afford distractions and we cannot afford delays. ...
  • Obama's Interview with Al-Arabiya - January 26, 2009
    • THE PRESIDENT: Well, I think the most important thing is for the United States to get engaged right away. And George Mitchell is somebody of enormous stature. He is one...
  • Obama Promotes Economic Plan in Weekly Address - January 24, 2009
    • That is why I have proposed an American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan to immediately jumpstart job creation as well as long-term economic growth. I am pleased to say...
  • Obama's Announces New Envoys - January 22, 2009
    • Today, we start the hard work to restore our standing and enable our country to meet the vexing new challenges of the 21st century, but also to seize the opportunities...
  • Obama Announces New Pay, Ethics Rules - January 21, 2009
    • In a few minutes I'm going to be issuing some of the first executive orders and directives of my presidency. And these steps are aimed at establishing firm rules of...
  • Obama's Remarks at Inauguration Luncheon - January 20, 2009
    • I want to thank Dianne, Bob, and the entire committee for hosting just an extraordinary, extraordinary inauguration. When you think about the complexities of putting...
  • President Obama's Inaugural Address - January 20, 2009
    • So it has been. So it must be with this generation of Americans.That we are in the midst of crisis is now well understood. Our nation is at war, against a far-reaching...
  • Obama's Remarks Honoring John McCain - January 19, 2009
    • But what is even healthier and more necessary is the recognition that after the season of campaigning has ended, each of us in public life has a responsibility to usher...
  • Obama's Remarks at the Lincoln Memorial - January 18, 2009
    • I won't pretend that meeting any one of these challenges will be easy. It will take more than a month or a year, and it will likely take many. Along the way there will...
  • Obama's Remarks in Wilmington, Delaware - January 17, 2009
    • I chose Joe because I knew where he came from, even if I hadn't spent much time here -because you can learn a lot about a person's hometown through the deeds that...
  • Obama Kicks Off Whistle Stop Tour in Philadelphia - January 17, 2009
    • And yet, they were willing to put all they were and all they had on the line - their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor - for a set of ideals that continue to...
  • Obama Promotes Stimulus Plan in Ohio - January 16, 2009
    • It's not too late to change course - but only if we take dramatic action as soon as possible. The way I see it, the first job of my Administration is to put people back...