President Barack Obama signs H.R. 240, the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act of 2015. The president signed a law funding the Homeland Security Department through the end of the budget year.
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Keystone oil pipeline veto override fails in the Senate 62-37. 👏👏👏👏 #NoKXL
— THEE AngryBlackMan (@KickAssLiberal) March 4, 2015
Senate sustains President Obama's veto of the Keystone XL oil pipeline; vote was 62-37 (not two thirds)
On This Day: President Obama stands by a cut-out picture of First Lady Michelle Obama during a visit to Miami Central High School in Miami, Fla., March 4, 2011 (Photo by Pete Souza)
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Today
12:0 ET: White House Press Briefing
The President has no public events scheduled …… but, you never know.
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On This Day
On This Day: Sen. Barack Obama, accompanied by Reverend Joseph Lowery and others, pushes civil rights activist Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth during a commemoration of the 1965 “Bloody Sunday” Voting Rights march in Selma, Alabama, March 4, 2007
Senator Barack Obama pushes civil rights activist Johnnie Carr in a wheelchair while crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge in commemoration of the 1965 Selma-Montgomery Voting Rights March, in Selma, Alabama on March 4, 2007
Senator Barack Obama addresses a crowd gathered for the commemoration of the 1965 Voting Rights March at Brown Chapel AME Church March 4, 2007 in Selma, Alabama
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Sen. Barack Obama and his wife Michelle board his campaign plane in Houston, Texas on their way to San Antonio, March 4, 2008
Sen. Barack Obama and his wife Michelle speak to members of the press on his campaign plane on their way to San Antonio
Sen. Barack Obama and his wife Michelle at a rally after the Texas presidential primary in San Antonio, March 4, 2008
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President Obama plays with a football in the Outer Oval Office, March 4, 2009 (Photo by Pete Souza)
President Obama pushes daughters Malia and Sasha at the unveiling of swing-set on South Lawn outside Oval Office, March 4, 2009 (Photo by Pete Souza)
President Obama arrives at an event where he spoke on reforming the government contracting system at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington on March 4, 2009
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President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama pretend to march to music in the Blue Room of the White House, July 4, 2010, before delivering remarks to military families during a Fourth of July celebration (Photo by Pete Souza)
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President Obama greets Miss Florida Memorial University Morisa V. Jagrup at Miami Central High School in Miami, Fla., March 4, 2011 (Photo by Pete Souza)
President Obama looks on an iPad at pictures of White House Military Aide Major Reggie McClam’s twin girls as they ride in a service elevator following a reception at the Fontainebleau Resort in Miami, Fla., March 4, 2011. Pictured, from left, are: site advance Ian Rose, personal aide Reggie Love, Trip Director Marvin Nicholson, White House Dr. Ronny Jackson, and McClam (Photo by Pete Souza)
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Israeli President Shimon Peres meets with President Obama in Washington, DC, March 4, 2012
President Obama delivers remarks at the AIPAC Policy Conference, March 4, 2012
President Obama walks from the Oval Office to the White House residence, March 4, 2012
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President Obama greets Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel before a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House, March 4, 2013 (Photo by Pete Souza)
The First Lady participates in a Let’s Move Google+ Hangout in the Blue Room, March 4, 2013
President Obama talks with Jennifer Palmieri, Director of Communications, National Economic Council Director Gene Sperling, and Senior Advisor Dan Pfeiffer following a meeting in the Oval Office, March 4, 2013 (Photo by Pete Souza)
On This Day: President Barack Obama lets a little boy listen to his heartbeat with a stethoscope during a classroom visit at Powell Elementary School in Washington, D.C., March 4, 2014 (Photo by Pete Souza)
The Obama Diary 
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