latimes.com - 1/30/2009
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Reporting from San Francisco and Washington -- Donald Manzullo, a House Republican from Illinois, has proposed a $5,000 voucher for anyone buying a new car. Kentucky's Mitch McConnell, the Senate GOP leader, favors a temporary suspension of the payroll tax. Jim DeMint, a Republican senator from ...
latimes.com - 1/26/2009
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Reporting from Washington -- Republicans signaled Sunday that
they would not be daunted by President Obama's soaring...
approval ratings, criticizing his proposed $825-billion economic stimulus plan, his strategy for closing the prison at Guantanamo Bay, ...
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Republicans step up criticism of Obama - Los Angeles Times
latimes.com - 2/5/2009
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Reporting from Washington -- President Obama abruptly changed
tactics Wednesday in his bid to revive the economy,...
setting aside his bipartisan stance and pointedly blaming Republicans for demanding what he cast as discredited "piecemeal measures." ...
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Obama puts the heat on Republicans - Los Angeles Times
latimes.com - 1/30/2009
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And it's not over yet. Today, the Commerce
Department is scheduled to release its initial estimate of...
the U.S. gross domestic product -- the value of all goods and services produced by the economy -- for the fourth quarter of 2008. The report will ...
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Economy is going from bad to worse, reports show - Los ...
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Obama Wins Stimulus Support From Republican Governors
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... my colleagues I have spoken with in the congressional delegation, it will help Florida."
As economic indicators worsen and state budgets suffer, most governors are finding an infusion of federal aid irresistible. And so there are situations like the one taking place in Indiana, where Rep. Mike Pence has led the House GOP charge in opposition to Obama's plan while his state's Republican governor has offered grudging support.
"I have great misgivings," Gov. Mitch Daniels told reporters Thursday in Indianapolis, "but I hope that it's going to work."
In ...
Obama Wins Stimulus Support From Republican Governors
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... my colleagues I have spoken with in the congressional delegation, it will help Florida."
As economic indicators worsen and state budgets suffer, most governors are finding an infusion of federal aid irresistible. And so there are situations like the one taking place in Indiana, where Rep. Mike Pence has led the House GOP charge in opposition to Obama's plan while his state's Republican governor has offered grudging support.
"I have great misgivings," Gov. Mitch Daniels told reporters Thursday in Indianapolis, "but I hope that it's going to work."
In ...
No More Mister Nice Blog —
HEY, L.A. TIMES, THIS IS GUERRILLA WAR, NOT CHESS The L.A. Times really doesn't understand how Republicans see the current struggle: Republicans lack a party line on economy ...As Republicans fight President Obama's gargantuan economic plan, they have plenty of ideas. What they don't have is a party-wide consensus: They can't agree among themselves on the best alternative, or on whether government action is even needed to pull the economy from its nose dive. ... "There is not a coherent Republican message at this ...
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McCain: Obama needs to consult on stimulus —
Reuters: Politics 1/30/2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former presidential rival John McCain expressed disappointment on Friday that President Barack Obama has not negotiated with Republicans over a huge economic stimulus plan and said he is working on an alternative package.
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Obama, Congress seek deal on economic stimulus —
Reuters: Politics 1/30/2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the U.S. Senate accepted on Thursday President Barack Obama's offer to search for a compromise on an economic stimulus bill that could end up costing around $900 billion, as long as tax cuts play a large role.
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