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Talking Points Memo —
From ABC ...
Democratic sources tell ABC News that President-elect Obama's transition team is working with lawmakers on Capitol Hill so that on Obama's first day in office, Jan. 20, 2009, an economic stimulus package has passed both houses of Congress and is awaiting his signature.
Only a few weeks ago, the numbers under discussion were in the $100 - $200 billion range. Now we're hearing numbers in the $500 billion range. And from what I can glean from the economists whose opinion I most respect, that only gets us to the threshold ...
Still pissing on FDR's grave
The Reality-Based Community —
... . The moral of the story of the 30s is that if FDR had been more Keynesian and less committed to balancing the budget, the country would have recovered faster, as it did when the huge fiscal stimulus called World War II hit. Fortunately, Barack Obama seems to be listening to people who, having studied history, prefer not to repeat it.
Obama to Sign Stimulus Bill On 'Day One'
Politics Daily —
... will be live-blogging it) and he'll publicly finalize his incoming financial team. Of course, this new crew will be hard at work over the next few weeks, helping to hammer out a new (and improved?) stimulus package that will hit the newly-minted president's desk on, to use Hillary Clinton's term, day one. Via ABC: ...
Obama wants Stimulus Package on his Desk on Day One
Taylor Marsh —
BY TAYLOR MARSH
Via
ABC:
Democratic sources tell ABC News that President-elect Obama’s transition
team is working with lawmakers on Capitol Hill so that on Obama’s first day
in office, Jan. 20, ...
What us John Boehner talking about?
Political Animal —
... have to do it before the Depression. Not after," Schumer added. Note to policy makers: aim high. "The 1930s recession became the Great Depression because policymakers didn't take the necessary actions. Nobody wants to make that mistake this time around," Jared Bernstein, a senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute, said. "Is there a possibility that we could overshoot? Of course. But from what I've seen, the danger is not doing enough." As for the implementation, ABC News' Jake Tapper reports that Obama's transition team would like to see the stimulus package pass ...
Stimulus Package Will Be Waiting for Obama
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
Democratic sources tell ABC News that President-elect Obama's transition team "is working with lawmakers on Capitol Hill so that on Mr. Obama's first day in office, January 20, 2009, an economic stimulus package has passed both house of Congress and is awaiting his signature." ...
Obama's Economic Ambition: Stimulus By Jan. 20
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... ABC News adds that Obama's transition team is working with Congress to have a stimulus package ready by inauguration day. On Sunday, senior Democrats ...
Obama's Economic Ambition: Stimulus By Jan. 20
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... ABC News adds that Obama's transition team is working with Congress to have a stimulus package ready by inauguration day. On Sunday, senior Democrats ...
ThinkFast: November 24, 2008
Think Progress —
... with Vice President-elect Joe Biden in Chicago. “Obama’s transition team is working with lawmakers on Capitol Hill so that on Obama’s first day in office, Jan. 20, 2009, an economic stimulus package has passed both houses of Congress and is awaiting his signature.” ...
Senior Dem Leadership Aide: Congress And Obama Aiming To Pass Stimulus Package Before Obama Takes Office
TPM Election Central —
... Moving so quickly on the planned package, which some reports say could top $500 billion, could carry some risks. Jake Tapper, who first reported the stimulus package timing, notes that some Dems worry that getting it passed so fast could prove too ambitious, given that GOPers still have the numbers necessary to block it with a filibuster. ...
Obama Wants Stimulus Package on Desk by Inauguration
The Page by Mark Halperin —
... ABC News: The transition team is working with lawmakers to get the bill passed in both the House, Senate by Jan. 20.
Would allow Obama to sign the bill into law on his first day in office. ...
Ready on Day One
Political Animal —
READY ON DAY ONE.... There have been some reports recently that the transition team would love to have major pieces of legislation sitting on the Oval Office desk, awaiting the president's signature, literally on Barack Obama's first day in office. Democratic leaders in Congress seem ...
