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Elizabeth Blair All Things Considered , January 27, 2009 Singers, actors and dancers can stimulate audiences, but can they stimulate the economy? The authors of the current stimulus package seem to think so they have included $50 million for the National Endowment for the Arts and $150 million ...
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A push in the Senate to expand the
economic-stimulus plan poses a challenge for Democratic leaders, who...
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Stimulus Package to Grow in Senate
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Rep. Obey: ‘We Have An Obligation To Salvage As Many Jobs As We Can’
Wonk Room —
... is a measure sending $50 million to the National Endowment for the Arts. On the House floor today, Rep. David Obey (D-WI) defended the provision. He noted that it represents a small sliver of the stimulus, which will keep local organizations and artists working, and that “we have an obligation to salvage as many jobs as we can” regardless of field: ...
Swatting the Mosquitoes
TalkLeft —
... to expand funding of the arts won't stimulate the economy or create jobs. What nonsense. Not only will it create jobs for artists, curators, musicians, actors, writers, and dancers, arts funding will create jobs for staff and maintenance workers at museums, theaters, publishing houses, galleries, arts centers, and places where public art is on display. Art also creates a demand for the raw materials from which the art is made and for performance spaces. [more ...] According to Michael Kaiser, head of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts: ...
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The gift horse
pajamasmedia.com 1/25/2009 — One of the problems with voting against a stimulus package is that nobody wants to be seen as saying no to “free” money. The The Atlanta Journal-Constitution describes the agony of Georgia Republicans who are struggling to articulate a ...
Bilbray Cites Nonexistent CBO Report as Excuse to Oppose Stimulus Package
videocafe.crooksandliars.com 1/26/2009 — On Hardball while discussing the Obama administration's proposed stimulus package, Brian Bilbray cites a report by the CBO saying much of the money would not be spent until after 2011. As reported by the Huffington Post, it turns out that report by ...
The Best Politics Is Good Policy
firedoglake.com 1/26/2009 —
by Admit One
Atrios cuts to the heart of the stimulus bill debate:
I actually hope every Republican votes against the stimulus package, and I hope that instead of trying to please them the Obama team comes up with what they think the ...
Stimulus and contraceptives
washingtonmonthly.com 1/27/2009 — STIMULUS AND CONTRACEPTIVES.... House Minority Leader Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) appeared on "Meet the Press" yesterday, complaining about a proposed stimulus package. He noted, in particular, a proposal to spend "over $200 million for ...
A Stimulus for Tomorrow, part 2
obsidianwings.blogs.com 1/28/2009 — by von
The largest part of the proposed stimulus is appropriations -- aka, government spending. But, as noted below , this part of the stimulus isn't much of a stimulus. It can't have nearly as much of a stimulus effect as the other two parts ...
Stimulus Strategery
openleft.com 1/28/2009 — The House Rules committee is currently clearing H.R. 1 (the stimulus package), and all of the amendments to H.R. 1, for floor votes tomorrow. You can watch the hearing here .
The basic run of play is that Democrats in Congress are charging ahead on ...
I Ask Anew
chequer-board.net 1/29/2009 — Why are we wasting time with Keynesian stimulus? More here. And here. The stimulus package...
So Every House Republican Voted Against Stimulus. What Do We Learn?
motherjones.com 1/29/2009 — Right now, the new era of bipartisanship in Washington is unilateral.
The massive stimulus package passed the House yesterday with zero Republican votes . Obama, who had hoped for a widely supported bill, got stonewalled despite doing three ...
Martin Feldstein Now Skeptical of the Stimulus Package
outsidethebeltway.com 1/29/2009 — Initially Martin Feldstein was a supporter of the stimulus package. However, he is now opposed to the current pile of pork that has come out of the House of Representatives.
As a conservative economist, I might be expected to oppose a stimulus plan. ...
Republicans still dislike stimulus
washingtonmonthly.com 1/23/2009 — REPUBLICANS STILL DISLIKE STIMULUS.... Barack Obama has prioritized bipartisan support for an economic stimulus package. But as predicted, it's very difficult to pass a meaningful, effective bill that draws support from congressional Republicans. The ...
John McCain says he will vote against the stimulus package
crooksandliars.com 1/25/2009 — Download | Play Download | Play It didn't take long for Barack Obama's bipartisan buddies to obstruct his first big plan to help our desperate country. On FNS this morning, John McCain said that he would not vote for the stimulus ...
Bipartisanship Sucks
eschatonblog.com 1/26/2009 — I actually hope every Republican votes against the stimulus package, and I hope that instead of trying to please them the Obama team comes up with what they think the right package will be. The Republicans should lay out a competing vision, which ...
House Passes Stimulus Package —
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President Barack Obama’s $819 billion stimulus package passed in the House of Representatives tonight. Bloomberg has more :
The 244-188 vote sends the measure to the Senate where Republicans, who want more tax cuts and less spending, will have more power to demand changes. No Republicans ...
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