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Dan Pfeiffer Joins Medium: "Breaking Down the 'Worst' Year in Washington"
Posted by on December 19, 2014 at 11:34 AM ESTToday, Dan Pfeiffer joined the popular blogging platform Medium, posting an op-ed that reflected on 2014 as a year of great progress for President Obama and the progressive agenda -- no matter what the critics have said.
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Ex-Im Bank: Supporting American Jobs, Protecting American Taxpayers
Posted by on December 17, 2014 at 3:00 PM ESTWith the U.S. economy on the move — and with worldwide demand for quality, innovative goods on the rise — there have never been greater opportunities for American small businesses to prosper on the global stage and add good-paying jobs here at home.
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The Economy in 2014
Posted by on December 16, 2014 at 11:45 AM ESTThe U.S. economic recovery took a major step forward in 2014, achieving a number of important milestones.
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Helping to Boost Business Development for Native American Entrepreneurs
Posted by on December 1, 2014 at 10:19 AM ESTNative American Heritage Month is a time to reflect on the significant contributions the first Americans made to the establishment and growth of the U.S.
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Second Estimate of GDP for the Third Quarter of 2014
Posted by on November 25, 2014 at 9:35 AM ESTToday’s upward revision affirms that economic growth in the third quarter was strong, consistent with a broad range of other indicators showing improvement in the labor market, increasing domestic energy security, and continued low health cost growth.
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Keeping Up With the Cabinet: Our Trip to the Global Entrepreneurship Summit
Posted by on November 24, 2014 at 8:26 PM ESTAs the Secretary of Commerce and the Administrator of the SBA, we were proud to represent the U.S. this week at the premier forum on entrepreneurship in the world: the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES).
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What They're Saying: 21 New Companies Take the SupplierPay Pledge
Posted by on November 18, 2014 at 10:51 AM ESTThanks to the SupplierPay initiative, companies are now committing to pay small businesses contractors faster.
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Keeping Up on the Minimum Wage
Posted by on November 7, 2014 at 3:26 PM ESTIt’s been almost two years since President Obama first called for an increase in the national minimum wage. He believes more strongly than ever that no one who works full-time should have to raise a family in poverty.
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The Employment Situation in October
Posted by on November 7, 2014 at 9:30 AM ESTThe private sector has added 10.6 million jobs over 56 straight months of job growth, extending the longest streak on record.
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What USDA Did This Week to Help Rural America:
Posted by on October 24, 2014 at 1:09 PM ESTSecretary Tom Vilsack gives an update on how the United States Department of Agriculture is making a difference for Americans in rural areas -- the first in a "Keeping Up with the Cabinet" series.
