usatoday.com - 12/2/2008
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The governors are also pressing for as much as $136 billion worth of infrastructure projects like road and bridge repairs as the Democratic-controlled Congress and President-elect Barack Obama prepare economic recovery legislation that Obama hopes to sign immediately upon taking office. Obama ...
online.wsj.com - 12/2/2008
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RICK PERRY and MARK SANFORD As governors and
citizens, we've grown increasingly concerned over the past weeks
as Washington has thrown bailout after bailout at the national economy with little to show for it. In the process, the federal government is ...
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Governors Against State Bailouts
msnbc.msn.com - 11/26/2008
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Nearly 40 governors and governors-elect – including Palin
– will join the President-elect in Philadelphia next Tuesday
to discuss how the economic crisis is crimping states and their budgets.
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Obama meets with governors on economy
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House To Push $500 Billion Stimulus Package For Obama To Sign On Day One
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... The aide, who asked not to be identified, said the legislation would include a middle-class tax cut, billions of dollars for road, bridge and mass transit construction, expanded aid to states and investments in renewable energy.
Speaking to reporters earlier, Pelosi said she hoped the job-creating legislation, which she did not detail, would be ready for President-elect Barack Obama to sign when he takes office on January 20.
The nation's governors are understandably eager for some help:
Facing severe cutbacks in state ...
House To Push $500 Billion Stimulus Package For Obama To Sign On Day One
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... The aide, who asked not to be identified, said the legislation would include a middle-class tax cut, billions of dollars for road, bridge and mass transit construction, expanded aid to states and investments in renewable energy.
Speaking to reporters earlier, Pelosi said she hoped the job-creating legislation, which she did not detail, would be ready for President-elect Barack Obama to sign when he takes office on January 20.
The nation's governors are understandably eager for some help:
Facing severe cutbacks in state ...
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thepage.time.com 12/1/2008 —
The President-elect will have an informal meeting with members of the Democratic Governors Association tonight in Philadelphia prior to the National Governors Association meeting tomorrow.
Obama, governors: Philadelphia summit
swamppolitics.com 11/27/2008 — by Mark Silva
Candidate Barack Obama went to Philadelphia to talk about race in America, seeking "a more perfect union," at a time when it appeared that the issue could dominate a presidential campaign.
Now President-elect Obama will go to ...
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Reuters: Politics 12/2/2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama named former rival Hillary Clinton as secretary of state on Monday and said Robert Gates would remain defense secretary in a national security team charged with recasting America's leadership role in ...
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