Tag: President Obama

Mitch PerryJuly 2, 2015
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There’s no crying in baseball. Remember that maxim handed down to us via Tom Hanks‘ character to Madonna‘s in 1992’s A League of Their Own? But there is heartbreak. Wednesday night at Tropicana Field, Cleveland Indians pitcher Carlos Carrasco came within one strike of throwing the Indians’ first no-hitter since Len Barker‘s perfect game way back […]

Mitch PerryJune 29, 2015
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3min445
Last month Justice Department announced that the Obama administration would provide $20 million in grants to local police departments to help buy body cameras for officers. It’s the first portion to be approved by Congress of a $75 million, three-year body camera funding program requested by the President last December. That’s not to be confused […]

Mitch PerryJune 18, 2015
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5min297
The House of Representatives on Thursday narrowly OK’d the Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act, which approves Trade Promotion Authority (TPA). The victory for President Barack Obama came a week after House Democrats blocked a previous attempt to approve fast-track authority,  concerned that the trade deal would not do enough to protect American workers. That opposition from […]

Mitch PerryJune 12, 2015
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4min309
In what is being depicted as a devastating blow to President Barack Obama, the House of Representatives on Friday resoundingly rejected a proposal that would grant financial aid to displaced workers by a vote of 302 to 126. That  damages the possibility that Congress will grant the president fast-track trade authority to complete the Trans Pacific Partnership, […]


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