**** Heads Up: POTUS Speaks On the Economy, Live 12:05pm EDT ****

[Clio the Leo]

http://www.whitehouse.gov/live/president-obama-speaks-economy-6

http://www.cnn.com/video/flashLive/live.html?stream=stream1

[quiet.american]

1. Thanks, Clio. nt

[Clio the Leo]

2. In the Roosevelt room with TR looking down on him...

.... I'm always intrigued by where/how they stage these things.

[Clio the Leo]

3. Talks about Wall St. Reform Bill. nt

[Clio the Leo]

4. Talks about signing the Improper Payment Bill....

.... which blocks payments to the deceased or those in prison etc. (fighting government waste)

[Clio the Leo]

5. talks about overcoming the "procedural blocade" holding up UI. nt

[Clio the Leo]

6. Calls on Congress to pass small business jobs bill. nt

[Clio the Leo]

7. sets up new lending fund for small bus. & help states nt

[Clio the Leo]

8. expands small bus. initiatives & doubles loans. nt

[Clio the Leo]

9. says after a series of "partisan delays' Senate took first step to pass this bill nt.

[Clio the Leo]

10. Thanks Lemieux and Voinavich for crossing party lines to vote yes. nt

[Clio the Leo]

11. "the people sent us here to do what's best for the country, not the party"

... paraphrased

[Clio the Leo]

12. ~ end ~

[Clio the Leo]

13. This was an effort to end the week talking about the economy...

... and NOT about Sherrodgate.

[babylonsister]

14. And m$nbc blows by it to talk about Rangel. Nothing to see here. nt

[Triana]

15. m$nbc just hired effing media assassin Martin Bashir from NBC

what do you expect?

They're all dirtbags (the lame$tream media).

[bluestateguy]

16. I didn't know much about that small business lending bill

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