online.wsj.com - 2/3/2009
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A push in the Senate to expand the economic-stimulus plan poses a challenge for Democratic leaders, who want to keep the cost below $1 trillion.
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%
washingtonpost.com - 2/4/2009
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washingtonpost.com —
Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or
other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from...
the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. ...
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Senate Lacks Votes to Pass Stimulus
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Living Easy, Living Free, In The US Economy
Firedoglake —
... with nary a word about banking malefactors greedily creating this lending mess. Nope, it's all that nasty regulation's fault. (To be fair, a lot of smaller and/or prudent banks are lumped into this and they should not be. And their stocks are tanking because idiots like WaMu and Countrywide created a big shitpile.)
Those poor darlings in investment banking mourn their pariah status. Can't we all feel their pain?
But all is not lost when K Street's finest can still try to cash out a silver lining on the backs of the stimulus plan. ...
Generational Theft Act fun facts from Sen. Coburn’s office
Michelle Malkin —
... program without eliminating inefficient job-training programs or consolidating duplicative job-training programs. * $890 million to the Social Security Administration without any provisions to reduce improper payments, or any plan to increase solvency of the trust fund. * Nothing requires the products that are purchased with these funds be here in America. Lithium ion batteries, for instance, are primarily made in Asia. *** More: The inevitable lard-up, thanks to the lobbyists .
Stimulating Thoughts: CBO Warns Dem Bill would damage economy
Flopping Aces —
... The Age of Obama begins with perhaps the greatest frenzy of old-politics influence peddling ever seen in Washington. By the time the stimulus bill reached the Senate, reports The Wall Street Journal, pharmaceutical and high-tech companies were lobbying furiously for a new plan to repatriate overseas profits that would yield major tax savings. California wine growers and Florida citrus producers were fighting to change a single phrase in one provision. Substituting “planted” for “ready to market” would mean a windfall garnered from a new “bonus ...
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