FYI: Obama is lagging behind other recent Presidents when it comes to designating permanently protected public lands. 

FACT: President Obama has signed $2.4 trillion in deficit reduction into law since FY 2011. This is where it came from. 

ICYMI: Job growth is too fragile for more austerity. 

ICYMI: Net undocumented migration is now at or below zero.

FYI: Tax increases in the fiscal cliff deal aren’t anything to write home about. 

Cartoon of the day! 

(Source: By Clay Bennett from the Cartoonist Group.)

Looks like a majority of the American people know how they would like things to be run…

(Source: Center for American Progress)

Our workforce system is too complex! Unfortunately our workforce system is not meeting its potential to help adult workers build their human capital. The workforce system is badly in need of reform. We propose a plan to overhaul and reform the workforce training and counseling system.

States could save an average of $66,000 per year per elderly prisoner released. These prisoners typically have a 5-10% chance of returning for any crime, much less for violent crimes. 

(Source: americanprogress.org)