directorblue.blogspot.com - 2/26/2009
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Today in The Nation: Strengthening the Stimulus
thenation.com 2/11/2009 — John Nichols Progressive Democrats and President Obama back restoring some of the stimulus funding that was recklessly cut by the Senate.
No More Mr. Nice Guy Confirm Solis Now
Obama's Sense of Urgency
The Future Of The Stimulus
politics.theatlantic.com 2/4/2009 —
Just 15 years ago, President Clinton's $16.3 billion economic stimulus package was backlogged in the Senate because moderate Republicans and Democrats refused to go along with roughly $12 billion in new spending. Like Obama, ...
Two New House Seats?
poliblogger.com 3/2/2009 — Via the LAT : D.C. vote clears one hurdle to face more
For the first time in three decades, the Senate last week approved a bill that would grant a House seat to the district, removing one of the largest hurdles to the measure. The bill passed ...
Let's Have Even More House Members
corner.nationalreview.com 2/27/2009 — Since the Senate has now passed the bill to give DC a voting representative, I have a modest proposal for the House as it takes up the bill next week. Let's have even more representatives. After all, as long as Congress is using its authority under ...
House Republicans revolt!
cassyfiano.com 1/29/2009 — All last week, I’ve been calling around my various contacts, asking them what’s been going on in the world. I hate being in the dark, so to speak, and hate to think that I’m missing a huge news story. Well, I missed something all right. I only missed ...
Children of the Revolution
tnr.com 1/23/2009 — "[T]hey saw in the New Deal only revolution or anarchy; ... they fought it in bitterness and in vain."--Henry Steele Commager, on the congressional conservatives under FDR, 1959 You would not expect House conservatives, dwindled in numbers and without ...
The Problem With President Obama's Signing Statement
talkleft.com 3/21/2009 — Since Democrats and others (including me) spent a great deal of time criticizing President Bush for issuing a recordbreaking number of signing statements, it seems necessary to consider President Obama's signing statement issued in relation to the ...
Senators predict stimulus bill will change
thehill.com 2/2/2009 — A number of senators from across the ideological spectrum staked out varying positions on the House-passed economic stimulus bill, but all agreed on one point: the bill will change before it gets to President Obama. On the first round of Sunday talk ...
America Has a Unicameral Legislature
openleft.com 5/22/2009 — Does America have a unicameral legislature? Here is a thought experiment that suggests we do.
First, try to think of all the times you can remember when the U.S. Senate either significantly altered, or blocked entirely, legislation passed by the ...
House, M.D. : Playing Out the End of Season Five
blogcritics.org 4/3/2009 — Many questions still dangle after this week's House episode, "Locked In." Will they be answered by season's end?
Monday night’s House, M.D. episode “Locked In” left fans with several unanswered questions (so what else is new!). In what was a great opening episode in the ...
Focus group gives Obama high marks —
First Read 2/25/2009
From NBC’s Lauren Appelbaum President Obama received high marks at various points in his speech to a joint session of Congress Tuesday night from a focus group in King of Prussia, Pa., conducted by MSNBC’s Tamron Hall.
Thirty-two people, ...
Obama names Locke to head Commerce —
First Read 2/25/2009
From NBC's Athena Jones They say the third time's the charm, right?
President Barack Obama was likely hoping that old adage would prove true this morning when he officially nominated former Washington Gov. Gary Locke to be his pick to head ...
Obama talks about financial regulations —
First Read 2/25/2009
From NBC's Athena Jones During the fall presidential campaign, when struggling banks led to a credit crisis that roiled the markets and helped worsen an economic downturn, President Obama began beating the drum for updating America's financial ...
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