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- President Barack Obama speaks at the University of Iowa to celebrate the passage and signing of health care legislation. He talks about the immediate effects of health care reform on small business and families and congratulates all those that helped get the bill passed.
- Date Issued:
- 2010-03-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Edward Kennedy testifies on gun control, following two attempts on President Ford's life, with comments by Abraham Ribicoff.
- Date Issued:
- 1975-10-08T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In a press conference, Bill Clinton deals with good economic news, an economic bill now in legislation, campaign finance reform, and filibustering. He then answers general questions.
- Date Issued:
- 1993-06-15T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Obama calls on Congress to pass legislation extending emergency unemployment insurance. Obama advocates for the extension because 1.3 million Americans lost coverage when Congress adjourned at the end of 2013 without extending the insurance. Obama's remarks come after the Senate advanced a bill that would extend insurance for eligible workers for three months.
- Date Issued:
- 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Bill Clinton announces to a group gathered in the Roosevelt Room of the White House that a killer amendment will be introduced in order to stop the best chance of campaign finance reform in a generation, the McCain-Feingold Bill.
- Date Issued:
- 1997-10-07T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack Obama talks about the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010, before signing the bill into law. Obama describes the features of the legislation including tax cuts, tuition credits, and an unemployment insurance extension. He thanks the Congress and Senate members for reaching a compromise. Vice President Joseph Biden introduces the President and predicts that the bill will produce major benefits for the national economy.
- Date Issued:
- 2010-12-17T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Ronald Reagan addresses the National Religious Broadcasters Convention held at the Sheraton Washington Hotel in Washington, D.C. Reagan discusses religious freedom. He also calls for laws to restrict abortion and allow prayer in schools.
- Date Issued:
- 1984-01-30T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In this installment of "The lawmakers," Dr. Willis Dunbar interviews state Representatives Ural S. Acker and Wade Van Valkenburg. The two representatives discuss a variety of legislation which they have been involved with, including a failed appropriations bill to fund the University of Michigan and Michigan State College, and laws affecting recording fees and attorney fees. The two senators also report on the financial health of the state and speak about their disappointment in the partisan tactics used during the session.
- Date Issued:
- 1949-06-04T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Vice President Al Gore tells a press conference that he broke no written or unwritten laws soliciting funds for the Democrats in the 1996 election campaign.
- Date Issued:
- 1997-03-03T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Mark Barden, father of Sandyhook Elementary shooting victim Daniel Barden, addresses a press conference at the White House following the defeat in the Senate, earlier in the day, of the Manchin-Toomey Amendment which would have expanded background checks for firearm purchases. President Obama speaks about "common-sense" gun control reforms and criticizes "a minority in the Senate" for failing to pass the amendment in the face of over 90% of Americans wanting its passage.
- Date Issued:
- 2013-04-17T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection