Tag: Barack Obama
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Here’s President Obama’s plan to tighten controls for gun sales
President Barack Obama has announced new controls for gun sales. On Monday the POTUS told the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to require those selling guns, whether at a flea market or online, to register as a firearms dealer and to perform background checks on gun purchasers. Obama’s directive arrives one month after […]
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FBI says background checks for guns set a record in 2015
The FBI says a new background check record for gun sales was reached in 2015. According to the agency, 21,141,970 background checks were performed last year. That eclipses the former record set in 2013 when 21,093,273 checks were performed. That means it’s likely that more guns were purchased in 2015 than any other year on […]
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Federal Government Extends Time Allowed To Apply For Student Loans
The Obama administration has extend the time allowed to apply for federal financial aid. Aspiring college students and those already working towards a degree in higher education, will be allowed to start the application process three months earlier. The White House on Sunday said students will be able to apply earlier and submit a previous […]
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15 Economic Effects of Climate Change
President Obama unveiled his Climate Power Plan on Monday, another step in his administration’s strategy of chipping away at climate change through piecemeal regulations since a legislative solution is not in the cards anytime soon. We looked at some of the ways in which the new rule, which sets state targets for reducing power plant […]
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President Obama Didn’t Say ‘US Dollar Is Too Strong’
President Barack Obama did not state that the “US dollar is too strong.” A French official recently told Bloomberg News that the president made his comment during a meeting at a Group of Seven industrial nations summit. “The president did not state that the strong dollar was a problem,” the US official said. “He made […]