onthehillblog.blogspot.com - 2/19/2009
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Improving the U.S. economy will require long-term attention, but the effects of the huge economic stimulus President Obama signed this week will begin to be felt "relatively quickly," according to a top economist with a progressive Washington think tank.
Fixing the Stimulus Bill
swampland.blogs.time.com 2/1/2009 — Most of the Republican arguments against the stimulus bill have been sore loserism and cheesy politics at the least appropriate time--a moment of crisis. And many of the arguments Christopher Caldwell makes in this piece reflect the defects of the ...
How Quickly Will the Stimulus Kick In?
blogs.tnr.com 2/2/2009 — You may recall how, the week before last, Republicans were up in arms over a CBO report showing that under 40 percent of the estimated $350 billion in stimulus spending projects would hit the economy in the first two years. At the time, budget ...
Testimony on the Economy and Stimulus
cboblog.cbo.gov 2/3/2009 — This morning I testified before the House Budget Committee on The State of the Economy and Issues in Developing an Effective Policy Response (click here for full text of my written testimony). My testimony discussed both the basis for CBO’s ...
Obama: On The Road Again
dailykos.com 2/10/2009 — Following yesterday's town hall meeting in Indiana, and his prime time press conference, President Obama is on the road again today, this time traveling to Ft. Myers, Florida. According to a White House press release, the President will: ... ...
The politically impossible TigerHawk plan for fixing the economy
tigerhawk.blogspot.com 1/4/2009 — I am not an expert in any of economics, tax policy, investing, public policy, politics, sociology, health care finance, actuarial science, wizardry, or any of the other disciplines in which expertise is necessary to propose suitably credentialed ideas ...
On the Road Again
susiemadrak.com 2/6/2009 — Taking a road trip to beautiful North Jersey today, yet through the magic of WordPress, it will appear as if I’m here!
In the meantime, talk amongst yourselves. How do you feel about the way Obama and the Dems handled the stimulus standoff?
First 100 Days: Housing/stimulus news —
First Read 2/19/2009
The Boston Globe on the home-foreclosure plan President Obama unveiled yesterday: "Warning that doing nothing would cost all Americans, Obama presented a three-part plan that contains $75 billion to help modify loans for as many as 4 million ...
Obama Picks His Urban Affairs Team —
WSJ.com: Washington Wire 2/19/2009
Henry J. Pulizzi reports on the White House.
President Barack Obama , the nation’s first urban president, named Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion to head up a new White House office devoted to U.S. cities.
The White House ...
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