Jesse Lee

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Jesse Lee

Director of Progressive Media and Online Response

Before taking a position as White House Director of Progressive Media and Online Response in 2011, Lee worked as Online Programs Director in the White House and in the New Media department for the Presidential Transition team doing online outreach. Prior to that he worked in online communications for the Democratic National Committee leading up to the 2008 election, served as Senior New Media Advisor to Speaker Nancy Pelosi for the 110th Congress, and helped the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee launch its online program from 2004-2006. Lee graduated from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut in 2002.

Follow Jesse Lee on Twitter @JesseCLee44.

Jesse Lee's Posts

Early Affordable Care Act Enrollment & The Massachusetts Experience

November 1, 2013 at 11:30 AM EST

Massachusetts’s healthcare law, passed in 2006, served as a model for the Affordable Care Act, and the state’s experience during its first year of enrollment offers important lessons for what we can expect over the first six months for the ACA.

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Fact-Check: Changes & Improvements in the Individual Market Under the Affordable Care Act

October 30, 2013 at 11:45 AM EST

Press Secretary Jay Carney addresses misleading attacks from critics about recent notices from insurance companies about changes in some people’s insurance plans. UPDATE: President Obama speaks to the issue in Boston as well.

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Young People & Obamacare: Coverage for $50 Per Month

October 29, 2013 at 1:40 PM EST

Half of single young adults eligible for the Health Insurance Marketplace could get coverage for $50 a month or less.

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Immigration

Who We Are

June 7, 2013 at 1:05 PM EST

The House of Representatives sent the wrong message with a Republican amendment stripping protections from Dreamers, who stories are perfect examples of why we need a comprehensive solution for our broken immigration system.

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Inside the White House

Valentine’s Day: Our Beautiful, and Romantic, National Parks

February 14, 2013 at 12:49 PM EST

Valentine's Day greetings from some of the love-liest places in the USA

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Economy

President Obama on Our Economy and the Debt Limit: "Now is the Time to Go Ahead and Make the Tough Choices"

June 29, 2011 at 5:19 PM EST

In his press conference, the President took questions on anything the White House press corps could think of, but his primary argument was on the economy, the deficits, and the consequences of Congress not acting on the debt limit.

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Economy

Weekly Address: Biden on the American Auto Comeback

May 28, 2011 at 3:00 AM EST

Vice President Joe Biden delivers the Weekly Address, celebrating the success of the American auto industry in the wake of Chrysler paying back their loans.

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Foreign Policy

President Obama Speaks to the Parliament in London: "The Time for Our Leadership is Now"

May 25, 2011 at 1:56 PM EST

As President Obama spoke to "the Mother of Parliaments" at Westminster Hall, it was a stark reminder of just closely linked our fates are.

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President Obama in Dublin: "Never Has a Nation So Small Inspired So Much in Another"

May 23, 2011 at 4:55 PM EST

The President embraces Ireland's heritage before a crowd of thousands in Dublin, Ireland.

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Homeland Security

Deepest Condolences for Missouri and the Midwest

May 23, 2011 at 9:19 AM EST

In the wake of yet another terrible storm, the President calls Missouri Governor Jay Nixon to personally extend his condolences and to tell all of the families of Joplin affected by the severe tornadoes that they are in his thoughts and prayers.

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