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ARBITRARY STANDARDS
(www.washingtonmonthly.com)
Last week, when the Senate's Republican "centrists" decided it was time to shrink the size of the stimulus package, they announced their intention to cut $100 billion. It wasn't because they saw $100... More
Submitted about 1 year ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |
Here Come the Lobbyists to the Stimulus Bill (www.economicpopulist.org)
Right on time. It's bad enough one cannot get policy firmly planted in economic reality through Congress but after they pass something, oh boy, that's when the real fun starts
Submitted about 1 year ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |
Senate OKs Weak Stimulus; Now for the Hard Part
(www.thenation.com)
Skeptical citizens might inquire: How does a Senate stimulus bill that was trimmed to eliminate "waste" (like school construction money that would create jobs in communities across the country) and... More
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Stimulus Survives Senate Pecking
(www.truthdig.com)
The Senate passed its own version of the stimulus package Tuesday, slashing funding in areas that would most effectively stimulate the economy, such as aid to low-income Americans and states, while... More
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Senate Passes Stimulus Package
(airamerica.com)
Following a second Town Hall meeting at noon, covered by Air America's National Correspondent Ana Marie Cox, President Barack Obama announced the Senate passed his economic recovery plan. Only three... More
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'CENTRISTS' ARE DONE COMPROMISING
(www.washingtonmonthly.com)
This afternoon, as expected, the Senate approved its $838 billion stimulus plan. The vote was exactly as expected -- the measure passed 61 to 37, with Sens. Collins, Snowe, and Specter joining the... More
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SENATE CLEARS PATH FOR STIMULUS
(www.washingtonmonthly.com)
Senate Democrats on Monday advanced the $838 billion economic stimulus bill, clearing a major procedural hurdle by a razor thin margin with the help of just three Republicans. A vote on final passage... More
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Schools emerge as big loser in Senate stimulus bill
(coloradoindependent.com)
Details are slowly dribbling out on the key differences between the House and Senate versions of the proposed stimulus bill. But one thing remains true: One man’s pork-barrel funding is another... More
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HOLDING THE RECOVERY PLAN HOSTAGE
(www.washingtonmonthly.com)
As you've probably noticed, the Senate did not pass the economic stimulus package last night, as at least some Democratic leaders had hoped. There's a group of nearly 20 "centrist" senators who've... More
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Bennet, Udall part of group weighing cuts to Senate stimulus package
(coloradoindependent.com)
Colorado’s two freshman senators, both Democrats, are part of a bipartisan group that spent Thursday forging a proposal to trim up to $100 billion in spending from the economic stimulus bill in... More
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