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Wednesday, June 6, 2012   What do you think? President Obama is urging Congress to take up his proposal to cut through the red tape that prevents so many homeowners from refinancing their mortgages and saving hundreds of dollars each month. It has the potential to be a huge deal, so we want to make sure you have the facts -- and get a chance to tell us what you think. Take a minute to watch this video from Brian Deese -- one of the President's economic advisors -- then, answer a few short questions to help guide our work on this issue. This is a problem confronting Americans across the country. Millions of families who bought homes before the financial crisis, and have been paying their bills on time every month since, are locked in at the high interest rates of the past. Even though they have done everything right, they can't refinance at today's rates, which are historically low. If these folks were able to lower their rates, they'd have more money in their pockets each month. That's good for their families, their local communities, and the nation's economy. So take the time to learn more about President Obama's refinancing proposal, and tell us what you think so that we have the information we need to help get this done. Your answers will shape the work we do in the weeks ahead. http://links.whitehouse.gov/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTIwNjA2LjgwODU0MDEmbWVzc2FnZWlkPU1EQi1QUkQtQlVMLTIwMTIwNjA2LjgwODU0MDEmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xNjg5MTE3MSZlbWFpbGlkPWZyZWRuYW5jZUBjbGlja3NlcnZpY2VzLm9yZyZ1c2VyaWQ9ZnJlZG5hbmNlQGNsaWNrc2VydmljZXMub3JnJmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=&&&102&&&http://www.whitehouse.gov/why-refi?utm_source=email163&utm_medium=text2&utm_campaign=whyrefi Stay Connected     Facebook Twitter YouTube Flickr Google+       This email was sent to frednance@clickservices.org Manage Subscriptions for frednance@clickservices.org Sign Up for Updates from the White House Unsubscribe | Privacy Policy Please do not reply to this email. Contact the White House The White House • 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW • Washington, DC 20500 • 202-456-1111

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Here are today's news items from Media Matters for America, click on the title or 'read more' to read the entirety of each story. Fox Spins Walker's "Worst In The Nation" Jobs Record On Eve Of Recall In an effort to put a positive spin over Scott Walker's tenure as Wisconsin governor on the eve of his recall election, Fox News repeated questionable jobs numbers released by Walker's administration and pointed to the drop in the state's unemployment rate to prove its case. In fact, data show that there are few things to cheer about regarding Wisconsin's economic situation under Walker. Read More Breitbart.com's Fool's Errand: Comparing ALEC To NCSL The right-wing website Breitbart.com is promising to "shine a light" on the National Conference of State Legislators (NCSL) in the coming days, a campaign that comes as corporate sponsors and lawmakers flee the right-wing American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). Media should be cautioned that any efforts to compare the two organizations is without validity, given their contrasting missions, standards of transparency, degrees of corporate influence, and ideologies. Read More Right-Wing Media Attack DOJ's Effort To Protect Voting Rights In Wisconsin Right-wing media have attacked the Department of Justice's decision to send personnel to Milwaukee to monitor the Wisconsin recall election for violations of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. But Congress authorized DOJ to monitor elections for violations of citizens' voting rights, and the Bush administration DOJ often exercised this power. Read More This Is Why People In Wisconsin Don't Like Fox During a report from Madison, Wisconsin on the recall election of Governor Scott Walker, Fox's Neil Cavuto said to Fox Business' Don Imus that "some people don't like" Fox, adding: "I don't know why." Of course, people in Wisconsin have ample reason not to like Fox; the network has pushed a litany of falsehoods and distortions while covering both the Wisconsin recall effort and the state's pro-labor protests. Read More

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