Sources June 2011

June 29, 2011: Will Obama’s Tax Hikes Pay for Reid’s Arts Grants?

1.   United States Government Accountability Office. Federal Grants. Improvements Needed in Oversight and Accountability Processes. June 23, 2011. Summary Page: What GAO Found.

2.   S. 3307, Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010.

3.   H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

4.   United States Senator Harry Reid. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Resource Guide. September 2009. p. 6. http://reid.senate.gov/issues/upload/reid_arra_guide.pdf.

5.   Ibid., pp. 7-8.

6.   Ibid., p. 48.

7.   Ibid., p. 50.

8.   Ibid., pp. 51-52.

9.  United States Government Accountability Office. Op. cit., p. 12.

10. PaymentAccuracy.gov. High-Error Programs. National School Lunch Program (NSLP). http://paymentaccuracy.gov/programs/nslp.

11. The White House. Office of Management and Budget. New Ideas to Cut Improper Payments. May 23, 2011.  http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/05/23/new-ideas-cut-improper-payments.

12. Ibid.

June 26, 2011: Unfairness, American Style

1. Congresswoman Judy Chu. Rep. Chu Issues Statement Decrying Harsh Arizona Immigration Law. April 27, 2010. http://chu.house.gov/2010/04/rep-chu-issues-statement-decrying-harsh-arizona-immigration-law.shtml.

2. The White House. Office of the Press Secretary. Remarks by President Obama and President Calderon of Mexico at Joint Press Availability. May 19, 2010. http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/remarks-president-obama-and-president-calder-n-mexico-joint-press-availability.

3. Luis V. Gutierrez. On to Houston, Austin and Dallas After Successful First Tour Stops in Providence, Boston: Rep. Gutierrez Says. http://www.gutierrez.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=656%3Aon-to-houston-austin-and-dallas-after-successful-first-tour-stops-in-providence-boston-rep-gutierrez-says&catid=50%3A2011-press-releases&Itemid=1.

4. U.S. Department of State. Travel.gov. Country Specific Information. Mexico.

5. U.S. Department of State. Travel.gov. Country Specific Information. El Salvador.

6. U.S. Department of State. Travel.gov. Country Specific Information. Costa Rica.

7. U.S. Department of State. Travel.gov. Country Specific Information. Nicaragua, Ecuador, Honduras.

June 24, 2011: Labor Department Assures Migrant Workers of Rights

1. United States Department of Labor. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis and ambassadors of Guatemala and Nicaragua sign declarations protecting migrant workers’ rights. [sic] June 16, 2011. http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/ilab/ILAB20110880.htm, retrieved June 23, 2011.

2. United States Department of Labor. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis. Remarks by Hilda L. Solis, Secretary of Labor. Nicaragua & Guatemala Migrant Workers Rights Signing Ceremony. June 16, 2011. http://www.dol.gov/_sec/media/speeches/20110616_NG.htm, retrieved June 23, 2011.

3. Ibid.

4. Ibid.

5. United States Department of Labor. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis and ambassadors of Guatemala and Nicaragua sign declarations protecting migrant workers’ rights. [sic] June 16, 2011. http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/ilab/ILAB20110880.htm, retrieved June 23, 2011.

June 22, 2011: Reid Is Wrong: End the EDA

1.   United States Senate Democrats. Reid: Americans Wait While Republicans Stall Another Jobs Bill. June 20, 2011. http://democrats.senate.gov/2011/06/20/reid-americans-wait-while-republicans-stall-another-jobs-bill/.

2.   United States Senate Democrats.  Reid: If Republicans Block Another Jobs Bill, It Will Be Clear They Care More About Right Wing Ideology Than Creating Jobs. June 21, 2011. http://democrats.senate.gov/2011/06/21/reid-if-republicans-block-another-jobs-bill-it-will-be-clear-they-care-more-about-right-wing-ideology-than-creating-jobs/.

3.   Democratic Policy and Communications Center. S. 782 The Economic Development Revitalization Act of 2011. June 7, 2011. p. 1.

4.   United States Government Accountability Office. Economic Development. Efficiency and Effectiveness of Fragmented Programs Are Unclear. May 25, 2011. p. 5.

5.   U.S. Department of Commerce. Office of Inspector General. Economic Development Administration. Aggressive EDA Leadership and Oversight Needed to Correct Persistent Problems in RLF Program. March 2007. p. i.

6.   U.S. Department of Commerce. Office of Inspector General. Commerce Needs to Strengthen Its Improper Payment Practices and Reporting. March 25, 2011. p. 3.

7.   Ibid.

8.   EDA. U.S. Economic Development Administration. New Investments. http://www.eda.gov/NewsEvents/NewInvestments.xml.

9.   Ibid.

10. Ibid.

11. Ibid.

June 19, 2011: Time for the Unemployed to Leave

1. The White House. Office of the Press Secretary. Weekly Address: Celebrating Father’s Day. June 18, 2011. http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/06/18/weekly-address-celebrating-fathers-day, retrieved June 18, 2011.

2. The White House Blog. Preparing our Youth for the Clean Energy Jobs of the Future. April 19, 2010. http://m.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/04/19/preparing-our-youth-clean-energy-jobs-future, retrieved June 18, 2011.

3. Congressional Research Service. Memorandum. FY2010 U.S. Foreign Assistance to Major Holders of U.S. Treasury Securities. May 13, 2011.

June 17, 2011: Immigration Facts or Ethnic Preference for Votes?

1. U.S. Dept. of Education. Readout of Comprehensive Immigration Reform Conference Call with Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, and Members of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. June 3, 2011. http://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/readout-comprehensive-immigration-reform-conference-call-commerce-secretary-gary.

2. The White House. Winning the Future: President Obama’s Agenda and the Hispanic Community. March 2011. p. 2.

3. Congressional Budget Office. A Description of the Immigrant Population: An Update. June 2011. p. 4.

4. DHS: Office of Immigration Statistics. Estimates of the Unauthorized Immigrant Population Residing in the United States: January 2010. Michael Hofer, Nancy Rytina, and Bryan C. Baker. February 2011. p. 4.

5. Congressional Budget Office. A Description of the Immigrant Population: An Update. June 2011. p. 2.

6. Ibid., p. 15.

7. Winning the Future: President Obama’s Agenda and the Hispanic Community. Op. cit. p. 8.

8. The White House. Winning the Future.  Improving Education for the Latino Community. April 2011. p. 2.

June 15, 2011: GOP Fails to Confront the Democratic Plan

1. Whitehouse.gov/Hispanic. Engaging the Community. http://www.whitehouse.gov/Hispanic.

2. The White House. The DREAM Act: Good for Our Economy, Good for our Security, Good for our Nation. http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/DREAM-Act-WhiteHouse-FactSheet.pdf.

3. The White House. Office of the Press Secretary. Remarks by the President at a Skills for America’s Future Manufacturing Event. June 8, 2011. http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/06/08/remarks-president-skills-americas-future-manufacturing-event.

4. Congressman Adam Kinzinger. Weekly Republican Address. Rep. Adam Kinzinger on the GOP’s Plan for America’s Job Creators. June 11, 2011. http://kinzinger.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=25&sectiontree=6,25&itemid=136.

June 12, 2011: Will Obama Punish Fair New Immigration Law?

1. DHS: Office of Immigration  Statistics. Estimates of the Unauthorized Immigrant Population Residing in the United States: January 2010. Michael Hofer, Nancy Rytina, and Bryan C. Baker. February 2011. p. 4.

2. U.S. Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke. Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke Statement Alabama’s Immigration Law. June 10, 2011. http://clarke.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=245826, retrieved June 12, 2011.

3. Michael F. Bennet. United States Senator for Colorado. Bennet Statement on New Alabama Immigration Law. June 9, 2011. http://bennet.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/?id=3D23BD64-9C0D-4CA5-8C7B-D084C36FB33E, retrieved June 11, 2011.

4. Michael F. Bennet. United States Senator for Colorado. Bennet Calls for Comprehensive Immigration Reform. May 10, 2011. http://bennet.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/?id=6cb319b5-24ef-4599-b7c8-93dbe70292e3, retrieved June 11, 2011.

5. John Boehner. 8^th District of Ohio. Securing the Border & Enforcing Our Nation’s Laws. http://johnboehner.house.gov/Issues/Issue/?IssueID=3945, retrieved June 11, 2011.

June 10, 2011: Congress Made Wiener

1. Anthony Weiner. Congressman. New York’s 9^th District. Restoring Progressivity To The Tax Code and Cut Taxes on the Middle Class. http://www.weiner.house.gov/issue_display.aspx?id=842. July 10, 2006.

2. Anthony Weiner. Congressman. New York’s 9^th District. There Oughta Be a Law. Undated. http://www.weiner.house.gov/on_the_issues.aspx.

3. Anthony Weiner. Congressman. New York’s 9^th District. Weiner on President Obama’s Immigration Speech. May 10, 2011. http://www.weiner.house.gov/news_display.aspx?id=1669.

June 8, 2011: Are Obama’s Amnesty Organizers Coming To Your Neighborhood?

1. WhiteHouse.gov. Immigration Roundtable Toolkit. July 2013. p. 1. http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/rss_viewer/immigration_roundtable_toolkit_2013_1.pdf, retrieved October 22, 2013 (updated since original post).

2. Ibid.,  p. 3.

3. Ibid.

4. Ibid., p. 7.

5. Ibid., p. 3.

June 5, 2011: Automakers Prove Bailouts Can Fix Anything

1. United States Government Accountability Office. TARP. Treasury’s Exit from GM and Chrysler Highlights Competing Goals, and Results of Support to Auto Communities Are Unclear. May 2011. p. 17.

2. The White House. The Resurgence of the American Automotive Industry. http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/uploads/auto_report_06_01_11.pdf, retrieved June 5, 2011.

3. United States Government Accountability Office. Op. cit. p. 4.

4. Ibid.

June 1, 2011: GOP Truths Are Too Grim for Voters

1. Democrats.Senate.Gov. It’s All About Priorities. Democrats Fighting for Programs that Reflect our Values: Strengthening Middle Class Protecting Seniors, Women, Children. April 12, 2011. http://democrats.senate.gov/newsroom/record.cfm?id=332436&.

2. Ibid.

3. Mitch McConnell. Republican Leader, U.S. Senator for Kentucky. Economic Growth. February 14, 2011. http://mcconnell.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=EconomicGrowth.

4. Democrats.Senate.Gov. Reid: Republican Plan To Kill Medicare Is A Plan To Make The Rich Richer And The Sick Sicker. May 25, 2011. http://democrats.senate.gov/newsroom/record.cfm?id=333007.

5. Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky. Our Future: Rep. Schakowsky Responds To Republican Call To Abolish Social Security. March 31, 2011. http://schakowsky.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2895&Itemid=17.