talkingpointsmemo.com - 2/8/2009
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A lot of readers see what Collins, Nelson, Specter et al. are doing in the worst light. Nelson as a turncoat. And Collins, Snowe and Specter diluting the Stimulus Bill to no good end. On the policy merits, I completely agree. As many others with greater grasps of the budgetary and economics ...
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 2/5/2009
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Sens. Ben Nelson (D-NE) and Susan Collins (R-ME)
have come up with a list of $77.9 billion...
about $100 billion* in programs they want slashed from the stimulus package, according to a working draft of a staff paper outlining the cuts. Among the biggest ...
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Americans United for Change Joins Obama In Praise of Collins-Nelson Gangsters
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A lot of readers see what Collins, Nelson, Specter et al. are doing in the worst light. Nelson as a turncoat. And Collins, Snowe and Specter diluting the Stimulus Bill to no good end. On the policy merits, I completely agree. As many others with greater grasps of the budgetary and economics particulars have argued, the list of cuts they've pushed through follow no coherent approach to the package -- and build up the least effective parts of the package at the expense of the most. They follow a ...
2/9: Nice Job, Centrists!
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... the list of cuts proposed by the centrist senators makes little sense; Josh Marshall complains that the cuts "build up the least effective parts of the package at the expense of the most." The netroots are particularly incensed by the proposal to cut $40B from proposed aid to states, which they're describing as ...
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tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 2/8/2009 — Labor Group Launches Radio Ads Thanking Specter, Collins, Snowe, Nelson
Americans United For Change, the labor-backed group that has run attack ads tying anti-stimulus Republicans to Rush Limbaugh, now has a set of new positive ads thanking Senators ...
Thank you Joe Lieberman —
The Moderate Voice
I never thought I’d say it. I’ve never liked or trusted Joe Lieberman. But I have been proven wrong tonight.
Joe Lieberman was integral to the passage of the stimulus bill. As discussions between Senators Collins, Snowe, Nelson, Specter and Reid dragged on Joe Lieberman pushed the ...
Senators Announce Stimulus Agreement —
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) just announced a final agreement on the stimulus bill alongside the key members of his negotiating team - Sens. Max Baucus (D-MT), Susan Collins (R-ME), Ben Nelson (D-NE), Arlen Specter (R-PA), Olympia Snowe (R-ME), Daniel Inouye (D-HI), and (in a ...
Senate Invokes Cloture On Collins-Nelson Amendment —
The Moderate Voice
The amended $ 800 billion stimulus bill is on the way to passage after a 61-36 vote in favor of cloture.
We had all 57 Democrats voting Yes plus Sanders of Vermont (I), 3 GOP Senators voting Yes (Collins, Snowe and Specter), and 1 not voting (Gregg) so that leaves 2 more non ...
Collins Won't Support House-Like Final Stimulus Bill —
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Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), a pivotal voice on the Senate stimulus bill, said Monday that she is prepared to vote against the final version of the bill if it comes out of conference more closely resembling the House version than the Senate version.
Asked if she is ready to vote against the ...
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A lot of readers see what Collins, Nelson, Specter et al. are doing in the worst light. Nelson as a turncoat. And Collins, Snowe and Specter diluting the Stimulus Bill to no good end. On the policy merits, I completely agree. As many others with greater grasps of the budgetary and economics ...
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