thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com - 3/12/2009
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The chatter about another mega-stimulus may be premature, officials caution.
thehill.com - 3/9/2009
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thehill.com —
After a week of intense media coverage and
debate over who leads the Republican Party, two House...
lawmakers have worked to stand out more as public voices for the GOP. House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) and House Budget Committee Ranking Member ...
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Rush may not lead GOP, but Cantor and Ryan may
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Meghan McCain: Don't know much about the economy
The Swamp —
... Meghan McCain put her two cents into the cable babble discussion on the "Democratic plot," as Rep. John Boehner calls it, of a second stimulus package, telling Fox & Friends this morning that it would be a "disaster." ...
Welcome to Post-Partisanship
Sound Politics —
... Obama's budget and portray Republicans as reflexively political, according to party strategists. [snip] And officials throughout the party plan to hammer the idea that Republicans are just saying "no" to the president's budget plans without offering their own alternative. Never mind that the statement above is categorically untrue. Republicans had a clear plan for the stimulus, which they all voted for prior to objecting to the "stimulus" that passed. You know, the one that is already failing to meet expectations , just as critics warned. And just as obvious, Republicans ...
Hey, Big Spender!
Antiwar.com Original —
... , which would increase taxes for those earning more than $250,000 a year and shoot the federal deficit for 2009 to a record $1.75 trillion, or 12.3 percent of GDP, a level not seen since World War II. On top of all that, there's already a buzz in the air about a second stimulus package (though this is largely being ...
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thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com 2/13/2009 — A day of waiting turns into night. And perhaps into dawn for the full language of the stimulus bill.
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With the first approval of a disputed $787-billion stimulus that President Barack Obama is demanding from Congress in hope of reviving a stalled economy, the House today voted 246-183, divided largely along party lines, for a plan ...
Further confirmation: Eric Cantor is an idiot
americablog.com 3/16/2009 — Republicans got used to having a president who could only do one thing at a time -- and was incompetent. Now, we have an intelligent president who is determined to fix the mess left by his predecessor. Republicans on the Hill have been looking for ...
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huffingtonpost.com 1/27/2009 — Republicans are still open to supporting a stimulus package in the House, a GOP leadership aide tells the Huffington Post, despite reports that they will oppose it.
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Pelosi dampens idea of second stimulus —
Reuters: Politics 3/12/2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi poured cold water on the idea of another economic stimulus package on Thursday amid suggestions that some Democrats had already begun work on one.
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