90 Years (Give or Take) of the Women's Bureau
This is the kind of power you have as president: Congress created the Women's Bureau in the Labor Department on June 5, 1920. Yesterday, President Obama issued a proclamation declaring:
NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim June 11, 2010, as the 90th Anniversary of the Department of Labor Women's Bureau.
I had no idea that the Constitution vested the president with the authority to alter the calendar.
Update, 1:51 p.m.: Apparently the president is an equal opportunity calendar modifier. This just in from the White House press office:
President Obama to Celebrate Father's DayWASHINGTON, D.C. - On Monday, June 21, President Obama will celebrate Father's Day and discuss the importance of responsible fatherhood and mentoring to build healthy families and communities.
For the rest of us, I think Father's Day will be on Sunday the 20th.