Newsletter – Week of November 16th – November 22nd, 2014

Typical Agenda topic for the Month are:

Please Attend the Monthly Fiscal and Economic Issues Discussion Group Meeting.We will have our standard update of the economy, both jobs and GDP.

We will also continue our discussions of the economic recovery and policy issues that affect the recovery.

Some economic highlights:

Jobs Recovery

• GDP growth:
  • 35.% in the 3rd quarter and 4.6% in 2nd quarter, up from minus 2.1% in 1st quarter.

• Budget Deficits – Historical and Projected

As always this is a discussion group .. bring your articles and your wits to talk about all sides of the issues.

Millions of Americans still need to get health insurance-they need to hear about this opportunity right now. So we’re calling in Team Obamacare.

Chances are, you know someone who needs to get covered, or someone looking to shop around for a plan that’s right for their family.

Make sure everyone in your life knows the health care marketplace is open again for all Americans.

If we’re going to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, it’s going to take international action-this agreement is exactly what that looks like.

Despite the overwhelming scientific consensus, and the increased extreme weather that we’re already experiencing, they argue: If China’s not taking action, why should we?

This climate deal the President just struck with China ends that debate.

OFA supporters have been on the front lines, calling for meaningful action. This is a turning point toward meeting the challenge that the science makes clear.

WASHINGTON – President Obama will ignore angry protests from Republicans and announce as soon as next week a broad overhaul of the nation’s immigration enforcement system that will protect up to five million unauthorized immigrants from the threat of deportation and provide many of them with work permits, according to administration officials who have direct knowledge of the plan.

Asserting his authority as president to enforce the nation’s laws with discretion, Mr. Obama intends to order changes that will significantly refocus the activities of the government’s 12,000 immigration agents. One key piece of the order, officials said, will allow many parents of children who are American citizens or legal residents to obtain legal work documents and no longer worry about being discovered, separated from their families and sent away.

We are going to have a lot to do… Very, Very Shortly

Did you know women are the main breadwinners in a record-high 40% of households with children today? They make up nearly half of our workforce and they are more than half of this country’s college graduates.

Did you know, from paid leave to fair pay, today’s workplace policies too often don’t reflect today’s realities? For instance, did you know that lack of access to high-quality, affordable child care and early childhood education threatens the economic security of women and working families?

Unless things change, we are holding our families back and compromising our children’s chances at success. Unless things change, they won’t have a fair shot in life. That’s why we’re speaking up.