Raise the Minimum Wage: It's the Right Thing to Do for Hardworking Americans

DAILY SNAPSHOT Saturday, March 29, 2014         Featured Weekly Address: Raise the Minimum Wage -- It's the Right Thing to Do for Hardworking Americans In this week's address, Vice President Biden discusses the importance of raising the federal minimum wage. It's good for workers, it's good for business, and it would help close the gender pay gap, as women make up more than half of the workers who stand to benefit from a raise. And as the Vice President highlights, Congress should boost the federal minimum wage because it’s what a majority of the American people want. Click here to watch this week's Weekly Address.       Weekly Wrap Up FLOTUS Shows Us How She Moves in China While visiting Xi'an, China, First Lady Michelle Obama was greeted by local kids and students performing music, double dutch jump roping, flying kites, and more. Of course, the First Lady couldn't resist getting in on the fun and showing the kids how she moves. READ MORE Six Days, Five Countries, One POTUS President Obama spent this week across the pond, meeting with European leaders in the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, and Vatican City, before traveling to Saudi Arabia to meet with King Abdullah. Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications Ben Rhodes took some time earlier this week to go over the President's schedule and the goals of the trip. While in Vatican City, President Obama had an audience with His Holiness Pope Francis. Here's what the President said about their meeting, "I would say that the largest bulk of the time was discussing two central concerns of his. One is the issues of the poor, the marginalized, those without opportunity, and growing inequality. ... And then we spent a lot of time talking about the challenges of conflict and how elusive peace is around the world." READ MORE Join the Six Million Who've Already Signed Up -- Get Covered Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Over six million Americans have signed up for private health insurance plans. Are you one of the six million? If not, what are you doing? There's only TWO days left to get covered before open enrollment ends on March 31. Head over to HealthCare.gov to get covered now! GET COVERED As always, to see even more of this week's events, watch this week's episode of West Wing Week: WATCH NOW   Facebook    Twitter   |   More Ways to Engage Did Someone Forward This to You? Sign Up for Email Updates Privacy Policy Contact the White House We're updating the White House privacy policy on April 18. Learn more. The White House • 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW • Washington, DC 20500 • 202-456-1111