epi.org - 2/9/2009
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By Ross Eisenbrey The bipartisan amendment to the Senate recovery plan eliminates several of the best targeted, most stimulative provisions in the bill. Nothing is more important at a time of cascading job losses than to help states avoid the need to lay off employees as a way to balance their ...
americanprogress.org - 2/9/2009
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americanprogress.org —
By Will Straw | February 9, 2009 Read
also: A Step Forward, a Stumble Back The Senate...
compromise recovery and reinvestment legislation provides for 12 to 15 percent fewer jobs created or saved than the House-passed Recovery and Reinvestment Act ...
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House Recovery Act Creates More Jobs than Senate Compromise
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EPI Speak, You Listen
Obsidian Wings —
... I incorporate by reference everything written in this EPI post. The nickel version is that the Nelson/Collins amendment removed some of the most stimulative provisions of the entire bill. Take it away boys: ...
Ben Nelson’s Incoherent Defense Of Slashing School Construction Funds
Think Progress —
... In a move that “flunks” every economic test, Sens. Ben Nelson (D-NE) and Susan Collins (R-ME) hammered out a “compromise” stimulus plan over the weekend that “completely eliminated the original plan’s $16 billion for K-12 school repair and modernization, along with another $3.5 billion for higher education school construction.” Bemoaning the cuts, the Economic Policy Institute wrote, “By every definition, ...
Will Democrats listen to Obama and restore school construction funds to stimulus?
Think Progress —
... , which were completely stripped by the Senate. During his town hall meeting in Florida today, Obama twice touted the school construction funds, calling education funding “the highest priority.” Watch it: ...
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