President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) releases report assessing H1N1 preparations
Posted by: thepinetree on 08/24/2009 04:39 PM
WASHINGTON – A Presidential advisory group of the nation’s leading scientists and engineers today released a new report assessing the Obama Administration’s preparations for this fall’s expected resurgence of 2009-H1N1 flu and outlining key steps officials can take in the coming weeks and months to minimize the disease’s impact on the nation....
Remarks of President Barack Obama Weekly Address Saturday, August 22nd, 2009
Posted by: thepinetree on 08/22/2009 08:33 AM
Washington, DC...Each and every day in this country, Americans are grappling with health care premiums that are growing three times the rate of wages and insurance company policies that limit coverage and raise out-of-pocket costs. Thousands are losing their insurance coverage each day. Without real reform, the burdens on America’s families and businesses will continue to multiply. We’ve had a vigorous debate about health insurance reform, and rightly so. This is an issue of vital concern to every American, and I’m glad that so many are engaged...
Largest Bank Failure This Year...BB&T, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Assumes All of the Deposits of Colonial Bank, Montgomery, Alabama
Posted by: thepinetree on 08/15/2009 09:05 PM
Montgomery, AL...Colonial Bank, Montgomery, Alabama, was closed friday by the Alabama State Banking Department, which appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) as receiver. To protect the depositors, the FDIC entered into a purchase and assumption agreement with Branch Banking and Trust (BB&T), Winston-Salem, North Carolina, to assume all of the deposits of Colonial Bank. Colonial Bank's 346 branches in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Nevada and Texas will...
Remarks of President Barack Obama Weekly Address Saturday, August 15th, 2009
Posted by: thepinetree on 08/15/2009 08:53 PM
Washington, DC...This week, I’ve been traveling across our country to discuss health insurance reform and to hear directly from folks like you – your questions, your concerns, and your stories. Now, I know there’s been a lot of attention paid to some of the town hall meetings that are going on around the country, especially those where tempers have flared. You know how TV loves a ruckus...
Weekly Unemployment Insurance Claims were at 558,000
Posted by: thepinetree on 08/13/2009 06:51 AM
Washington, DC...In the week ending Aug. 8, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 558,000, an increase of 4,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 554,000. The 4-week moving average was 565,000, an increase of 8,500 from the previous week's revised average of 556,500....
Washington, DC...THE PRESIDENT: There are many honors and privileges bestowed on the occupant of this house, but few mean as much to me as the chance to award America's highest civilian medal to the recipients that are here today. This is a chance for me -- and for the United States of America -- to say thank you to some of the finest citizens of this country, and of all countries...
Would you like to read H.R.3200 AKA the National Healthcare Bill?
Posted by: thepinetree on 08/10/2009 01:02 AM
Washington, DC...Well we like most of you and seemingly most of our Elected Officials still haven't found the time to read the Healthcare Bill. We at ThePineTree.net thought we would make it a little easier to get your very own copy. If you download it and open it with the desktop version of Adobe Acrobat Reader instead of the browser plug in you can even have it read to you. What better way to send you off into blissful sleep than having an electronic voice read you the 1,017 page bill. Just think of it as a Healthful Lullaby. We inadvertently found the limit of our database for a single text file. We tried to paste the bill in the body of this article...
New York, NY...Seven of nine victims of yesterday's tragic mid-air collision of a small plane and a helicopter have been pulled from the Hudson River. The search for the remaining missing will resume tomorrow.
Congressional Budget Offices's July Monthly Budget Review
Posted by: thepinetree on 08/09/2009 10:38 PM
Washington, DC...Thursday the CBO released its estimates of federal revenues and outlays for the first 10 months of fiscal year 2009. The budget deficit through July 2009 reached $1.3 trillion, CBO estimates, close to $880 billion greater than the deficit recorded in the 10 months through July 2008. Outlays rose by almost $530 billion (or 21 percent) and revenues fell by more than $350 billion (or 17 percent) compared with the amounts recorded during the same period last year...
Click above for a pdf of the latest budget projections...
