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boston.com - 2/3/2009
Push stimulus forth, says president - The Boston Globe
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WASHINGTON - President Obama said yesterday that "very modest differences" over a massive package to revive the economy should not delay its swift passage, a fresh appeal to Congress as the Senate took up its $885 billion version. Obama teamed up with Vermont Governor Jim Douglas, the Republican ...
boston.com - 2/1/2009
Obama seeks assessment on gays in military - The Boston Globe
— boston.com — WASHINGTON - The Obama administration is telling the Pentagon and gay-rights advocates that it will have to... study the implications for national security and enlist more support in Congress before trying to overturn the so-called "don't ask, don't ... (more) Obama seeks assessment on gays in military - The Boston ...

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Centrists in Senate Push to Cut Billions From Stimulus
nytimes.com - 2/5/2009
Centrists in Senate Push to Cut Billions From Stimulus
— nytimes.com — Anxious over the growing size of the proposed bill, two centrist senators are leading an effort to... pare back the $900 billion package that is expected to head to a vote on Thursday. > (more) Centrists in Senate Push to Cut Billions From Stimulus

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Mitch McConnell: To give the proposed economic stimulus plan some perspective, "if you started the day Jesus Christ was born and spent $1 million every day since then, you still wouldn’t have spent $1 trillion."
politifact.com - 2/4/2009
Mitch McConnell: To give the proposed economic stimulus plan some perspective, "if you started ...
— politifact.com — The Truth-o-Meter says: True | Stimulus plan comes to more than a million bucks a day since... Jesus Christ was born In a CBS Face the Nation interview on Feb. 1, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell , R-Ky, sought to put the proposed economic ... (more) Mitch McConnell: To give the proposed economic stimulus ...

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The Reality-Based Community:  Can we have our public health prevention stuff back in the stimulus, please?

Politics on HuffingtonPost.com:  Rep. Diana DeGette: The Politicization of Sex and Reproduction

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Can we have our public health prevention stuff back in the stimulus, please?
The Reality-Based Community — ... Some of the smallest non-pork items in the entire stimulus bill were the resources devoted to under-funded public health projects. A trainload of studies backs up the cost-effectiveness of these interventions. They would support a public health enterprise that, by all accounts, is particularly challenged and under-funded as we leave the Bush years. Today’s Boston Globe/AP story reports without irony the following passage: At the same time, Democrats have already dropped two questionable items in the plan - $75 million for smoking cessation programs and $400 million to slow ...

Rep. Diana DeGette: The Politicization of Sex and Reproduction
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... Right-wing Republicans continually use sex as a weapon when they don't have an effective argument to stand on as they did over the stimulus fight. They attack common-sense policies that not only save taxpayers money, but also promote public health. Republicans have now successfully targeted HIV prevention funding in the Senate version of the recovery bill. The vast majority of Americans believe that reproductive health programs -- from comprehensive sex education to science-based HIV/AIDS prevention programs -- deserve public funding. So why are these programs so controversial ...

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