newsweek.com - 2/3/2009
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Among the many claims made for the stimulus package now before Congress is that it will "jump-start" a "bigger, better, smarter" electric grid, enabling Americans to use energy more efficiently. Sounds great. But it may be mostly hype.
rasmussenreports.com - 2/4/2009
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rasmussenreports.com —
Support for the economic recovery plan working its
way through Congress has fallen again this week. For
the first time, a plurality of voters nationwide oppose the $800-billion-plus plan. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found ...
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Support for Stimulus Package Falls to 37%
countryfirstpac.com - 2/3/2009
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countryfirstpac.com —
The Senate recently began debate on an economic
stimulus package that is intended to get our economy
get back on track and help Americans who are suffering through these difficult times. Unfortunately, the proposal on the table is big on the ...
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Vote No on the Economic Stimulus
rasmussenreports.com - 2/4/2009
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rasmussenreports.com —
Fifty percent (50%) of U.S. voters say the
final economic recovery plan that emerges from Congress is
at least somewhat likely to make things worse rather than better, but 39% say such an outcome is not likely ( see crosstabs ). Twenty-seven percent ...
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50% Say Stimulus Plan Likely to Make Things Worse
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Obama tried to have it all on the stimulus - now inches to the “right” on financial cures
Flopping Aces —
... Without a doubt, Obama has tried to “have it all” on this stimulus bill…. nicely laid out in Newsweek’s Robert Samuelson’s op-ed today, Obama Ducks Hard Choices: Why investing in tomorrow won’t help today’s economy. He made an ambitious reach, along with his Dem leadership, to package a financial boost along with energy and education, health care, and a new infrastructure. ...
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House to vote on Obama's stimulus plan
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Why The Stimulus Plan Isn’t
themoderatevoice.com 1/26/2009 — I have such conflicting thoughts on the stimulus plan I have no idea how to characterize them. The Republicans are so right, and completely wrong. The Democrats are feckless as usual. President Obama comes out by far the best, but is being ...
Obama's Stimulus Plan: $100 Billion and Little Change
washingtonpost.com 2/3/2009 — The new Obama administration could use a rewind button. Hit it and we'd go back to those wonderful days of a couple of weeks ago when history was made, change was in the air and all of Washington tingled with anticipation. Now, though, we have one ...
Let's talk about the stimulus package.
althouse.blogspot.com 1/29/2009 — "[S]ome news organizations have been less than diligent in telling you that other respectable economists are deeply skeptical of the idea, flatly oppose it or favor competing proposals such as additional tax relief. The University of Chicago's Gary ...
How the stimulus might help Illinois -
chicagotribune.com 2/3/2009 — WASHINGTON — If the Obama administration's economic stimulus package is passed and signed into law, the first way most working people in Illinois would feel it would be a small increase in their take-home pay, through a tax cut of about $10 per week ...
House to vote on Obama's economic stimulus plan
(AP)
news.yahoo.com 1/28/2009 — AP - President Barack Obama's expansive and expensive plan to jump-start the economy is all but certain to clear its first hurdle when the Democratic-controlled House votes on a $825 billion version that melds new spending and tax cuts. Republican ...
McCain sends his own stimulus email —
First Read 2/3/2009
From NBC's Mark MurrayYesterday we mentioned that President Obama had tapped into his email list to mobilize his supporters to back his economic stimulus plan.
Well, now John McCain has done the same -- but in opposition to the plan.
"I cannot and ...
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