#president

22 million new jobs under President Clinton. 3 million lost under Bush. ↗

— Sidney Blumenthal

#clinton #jobs #lost #million #new

Bill Clinton was in the line of great progressive presidents who faced the realities in his own time and applied innovative solutions to problems. ↗

— Sidney Blumenthal

#bill #bill clinton #clinton #faced #great

But presidents matter. That's one of the biggest lessons I learned being in the White House. ↗

— Sidney Blumenthal

#biggest #house #i #learned #lessons

Clinton was a president who used his office, in creative ways, to try to reinvigorate the federal government to benefit the majority. ↗

— Sidney Blumenthal

#clinton #creative #creative ways #federal #federal government

We barely missed killing Bin Laden. There were numerous findings issued by the President to kill him. We rolled up terrorist cells. We stopped the millennium bombings. ↗

— Sidney Blumenthal

#bin #bombings #cells #findings #him

It's easy to kick somebody when they're down. George W. Bush has dealt with more difficult issues than any president since Franklin Roosevelt. And I've told my colleagues it's time that we go stand up for the president. ↗

— John Boehner

#bush #colleagues #dealt #difficult #down

It's pretty clear that over the last three months the economy has paused. And it's also pretty clear the American people are still demanding and asking the question, 'Where are the jobs?' And the reason we don't have new jobs is because of the job-killing agenda pursued by President Obama and his allies in the Congress. ↗

— John Boehner

#allies #also #american #american people #asking

Mr. President, the buzz saw that your healthcare bill ran into wasn't lobbyists and special interests it was tens of millions of American's who were saying, 'Stop!' ↗

— John Boehner

#bill #buzz #healthcare #healthcare bill #interests

But make no mistake, the President will find in our new majority the voice of the American people as they've expressed it tonight: standing on principle, checking Washington's power and leading the drive for a smaller, less costly, and more accountable government. ↗

— John Boehner

#american #american people #checking #costly #drive

House and Senate Republicans are now united in adopting earmark bans. We hope President Obama will follow through on his support for an earmark ban by pressing Democratic leaders to join House and Senate Republicans in taking this critical step to restore public trust. ↗

— John Boehner

#ban #critical #democratic #democratic leaders #earmark