ISSUES IN FOCUS
Obama Administration
Key Materials released by the Obama Administration
Small Business
- Obama Administrations Small Business Accomplishments
- Small Business Performance and Credit Conditions in the Current Recession (Treasury Department)
Health Insurance Reform
- Council of Economic Advisors, The Impact of Health Insurance Reform on State and Local Governments (9/15/09)
- Department of Health and Human Services, HealthReform.gov
- The White House, "The Obama Plan: Stability and Security for All American," September 2009
- Council of Economic Advisers, "The Economic Effects of Health Care Reform on Small Businesses and Their Employees" (7/25/09)
- Council of Economic Advisers, "The Economic Case for Health Care Reform" (6/2/09)
- Department of Health and Human Services, "Coverage Denied: How the Current Health Insurance System Leaves Millions Behind," (August 2009)
- Department of Health and Human Services, "Out-of-Pocket Expenses: Americans Shoulder the Burden of Growing Health Care Costs," undated
- Department of Health and Human Services, "The Costs of Inaction: the Urgent Need for Health Reform," undated
- Department of Health and Human Services, "A Success Story in American Health Care: Eliminating Infection and Savings Lives in Michigan," undated
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, "Health Disparities: A Case for Closing the Gap" (6/12/09)
- Department of Health and Human Services, "Coverage Denied: How the Current Health Insurance System Leaves Millions Behind," undated
- Department of Health and Human Services, "America's Seniors and Health Insurance Reform: Protecting Coverage and Strengthening Medicare," undated
State by State Health Statistics from HealthReform.GOV
- The Health Care Status Quo in Your State (6/26/09)
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Progress Reports
- Council of Economic Advisors, The Economic Impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 First Quarterly Report (9/10/09)
- Council of Economic Advisors: "Estimates of Job Creation from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009" (May 2009)
- State-by-State Reports on the White House Website (4/29/09)
- First Quarterly Report to the President on Progress Implementing the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (May 2009)
Regulatory Reform
IG Report: Electrocution of U.S. Troops in Iraq
- Review of Electrocution Deaths in Iraq: Part I - Electrocution of Staff Sergeant Ryan D. Maseth, U.S. Army (7/24/09)
- Review of Electrocution Deaths in Iraq: Part II - Seventeen Incidents Apart from Staff Sergeant Ryan D. Maseth, U.S. Army (7/24/09)
- Assessment of Electrical Safety in Afghanistan (7/24/09)
Department of Treasury Recess Packets
- Recess Packet: August Work Period (7/30/09)
- Recess Packet: Administration's Actions to Address the Economic Crisis (3/31/09)
Hate Crimes Legislation Materials
Council of Economic Advisers Releases Report on Jobs of the Future
- Click Here for the Press Release (7/13/09)
Making Work Pay
- Making Work Pay: Relief for America's Working Families (4/1/09)
- Making Work Pay: Relief For America's Working Families (State-by-State Fact Sheets) (4/2/09)
Automotive Industry
- Obama Administration New Path to Viability for GM & Chrysler (3/30/09)
- Chrysler February 17 Plan Viability Determination (3/30/09)
- GM February 17 Plan Viability Determination (3/30/09)
Afghanistan and Pakistan
- White Paper of the Interagency Policy Group's Report on U.S. Policy toward Afghanistan and Pakistan (3/27/09)
Statement of Administration Policy
U.S.-Mexico Border Security Policy
Need for Global Economic Cooperation
Financial Stability Plan
- Public-Private Investment Program Fact Sheet (3/23/09)
- Progress and Update on Financial Stability Plan (Powerpoint) (3/23/09)
- Public-Private Investment Program White Paper (3/23/09)
- Public-Private Investment Program FAQs (3/23/09)
- Legacy Securities PPIFs FAQs (3/23/09)
- Financial Stability Talking Points (3/23/09)
Small Business Credit
Removing Barriers to Responsible Scientific Research Involving Human Stem Cells
- Executive Order Removing Barriers to Responsible Scientifice Research Involving Stem Cells (3/9/09)
- Fact Sheet on Presidential Executive Order Removing Barriers to Responsible Scientific Research Involving Human Stem Cells (3/9/09)
- Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies on Scientific Integrity (3/9/09)
- Fact Sheet on Presidential Memorandum on Scientific Integrity (3/9/09)
Education
Hispanic Issues
Signing Statements
- Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies on Presidential Signing Statements (3/9/09)
A New Era of Responsibility: Renewing America's Promise
President Obama's FY 2010 Budget
- New Tax Cuts for Families and Individuals (3/3/09)
- Sparking a Clean Energy Industrial Revolution (3/3/09)
- U.S. Department of Agriculture (3/3/09)
- U.S. Department of Commerce (3/3/09)
- U.S. Department of Defense (3/3/09)
- U.S. Department of Education (3/3/09)
- U.S. Department of Energy (3/3/09)
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (3/3/09)
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (3/3/09)
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security (3/3/09)
- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (3/3/09)
- U.S. Department of the Interior (3/3/09)
- U.S. Department of Justice (3/3/09)
- U.S. Department of Labor (3/3/09)
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (3/3/09)
- National Science Foundation (3/3/09)
- Small Business Administration (3/3/09)
- Social Security Administration (3/3/09)
- Department of State and Other International Programs (3/3/09)
- U.S. Department of Transportation (3/3/09)
- U.S. Department of Treasury (3/3/09)
- Department of Veterans Affairs (3/3/09)
- Executive Summary: Budget Highlights (2/26/09)
- Budget Talking Points: Ending the Era of Irresponsibility (2/26/09)
Additional Materials
- White House Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies on Government Contracting (3/4/09)
- U.S. Treasury and Federal Reserve Board Announce Participation in AIG Restructuring Plan (3/2/09)
- President Barack Obama Remarks on the Home Mortgage Crisis (2/18/09)
- Treasury Dept. Press Release: Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan Executive Summary (2/18/09)
- Fact Sheet: Financial Stability Plan, U.S. Treasury Department Office of Public Affairs
- American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: State-By-State Jobs Impact (2/12/09)
- American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan: Job Impact by Congressional District (2/12/09)
- American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: State-by-State Impact
- American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: A Progressive Plan to Create Jobs and Help Families
- The American Reinvestment and Recovery Act: Jumpstarting Our Economy and Investing in Our Future
DPC STAFF
POLICY AND LEGISLATIVE ANALYSIS
- Policy Advisor
- Defense
- Foreign Affairs
- Homeland Security
- Intelligence
- Veterans
- Appropriations: Foreign Operations, Defense, Mil. Con., VA, Homeland Security
- Policy Advisor
- Environment
- Energy
- Agriculture
- Science
- Transportation
- Appropriations: Agriculture, Energy and Water, Science, Interior, Transportation
- Policy Advisor
- Health Care
- Education
- Aging/Seniors (excl. Soc. Sec.)
- Welfare
- Appropriations: HHS and Education
- Policy Advisor and Counsel
- Judiciary
- Labor
- Immigration
- Rules
- Commerce
- Housing
- Social Security
- Pensions
- Appropriations: Commerce, Justice, D.C., Labor, Legislative Branch, Judiciary, HUD
- Kate Oh
- Economic Policy
- Budget
- Tax
- Banking
- Small Business
- Trade
- Appropriations: Treasury
NEW POLICY DEVELOPMENT
- Carrie Wofford
- Director of New Policy
- Kate Oh
- New Policy Advisor
OVERSIGHT AND INVESTIGATIONS
- Leslie Gross-Davis
- Chief Counsel
- Pat Collier
- Counsel
COMMUNICATIONS
- Barry Piatt
- Communications Director
- Kati Card
- Press Assistant
SENATE VOTES
- Doug Connolly
- Senior Vote Analyst
- Michael Mozden
- Vote Analyst