Barack Obama | USA President

Today’s Bipartisan Meeting on Health Reform is still underway. You can watch live here.

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From David Plouffe: Together with other OFA volunteers, you’ve pledged over 7 million volunteer hours — thank you! Now it’s time to spring into action, and here’s a quick but critical way to begin. Senator Michael Bennet of Colorado and Congressman Tom Perriello of Virginia are two new members of Congress who have stood up for health reform and suffered vicious, deceptive attacks from the opposition. Now they’re both facing tough re-election fights, and they need our support.

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Weekly Address: "It is time to move forward on health reform"

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From OFA Director Mitch Stewart: Just over a year ago, thanks in part to your organizing, President Obama was able to sign the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act into law. The Recovery Act wasn’t a silver bullet, but it’s very good policy. It cut taxes for 95% of working families to give them a leg up as they fight to get by

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Just 24 hours Organizing for America announced the "You fight, we’ll fight" campaign, OFA supporters have already committed more than 3 million hours of their time to help candidates who fight for health reform — and that number is continuing to grow. In fact, OFA supporters smashed through the initial goal of 1,000,000 hours pledged within hours of the announcement.

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Just a few hours ago, Organizing for America supporters smashed our goal of pledging one million volunteer hours in support of candidates who continue to fight for health reform.

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From OFA Director Mitch Stewart: An alarming new study shows that health care costs increased last year at the fastest rate in more than a half century. Health care spending rose to an estimated $2.5 trillion in 2009, or $8,047 per person — and is now projected to nearly double by 2019. If we don’t act, this growing burden will mean more lost jobs, more families pushed into bankruptcy, and more crushing debt for our nation.

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The President’s Weekly Address: Opening Doors for Small Business

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President Obama is scheduled to address the Democratic Party this morning at the Party’s 2010 Winter Meeting in Washington, D.C. You can watch live online starting at 10:30 A.M

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