marcambinder.theatlantic.com - 1/5/2009
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Countercyclical spending : Obama proposes to cut income taxes for those receiving the earned income tax credit -- that's a direct stimulus jolt for lower middle class Americans. A second part would give cash to struggling businesses by allowing them to write off their 2008 losses retroactively, ...
blogs.abcnews.com - 1/4/2009
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blogs.abcnews.com —
Sources tell ABC News that officials on the
Obama Transition Team feel that before he was formally...
offered the job of commerce secretary, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson was not forthcoming with them about the federal investigation that is looking...
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Obama Team Feels Richardson Wasn't Forthcoming About ...
latimesblogs.latimes.com - 1/5/2009
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latimesblogs.latimes.com —
New Mexico Democratic Gov. Bill Richardson withdrew his
name as Commerce Secretary-designate this afternoon for the new...
administration of President-elect Barack Obama . With an almost audible sigh of relief barely two weeks before his ...
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Billygate: Why Obama dumped Gov. Richardson now
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 1/5/2009
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politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com —
(CNN) — An aide to Secretary of the
Senate Nancy Erickson tells CNN that this morning she...
rejected Roland Burris' certificate of appointment to the Senate. Robert Baxter says Erickson rejected Burris' appointment because it does not conform with ...
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Secretary of the Senate rejects Burris appointment
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Why Did Richardson Take Job?
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
... Marc Ambinder reports that Obama's team did not expect Richardson "to take the Commerce job in
the first place; they saw it as a demotion. But Richardson surprised
them by saying yes." ...
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dailykos.com 1/10/2009 — The Star-Trib sees a problem for Franken: Democratic leaders made Burris' claim on the seat contingent on his ability to secure a formal election certificate from the state of Illinois, a document Franken will not have until Norm Coleman's ...
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firstread.msnbc.msn.com 1/6/2009 —
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swampland.blogs.time.com 1/2/2009 — Get ready for the standoff of Roland Burris to get even weirder, as Senate Democrats map out their options for dealing with disgraced Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich's pick to replace Barack Obama. Suffice it to say that none of them is pretty.
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openleft.com 1/7/2009 —
Total Senate
98
99
100
Dems
57
58
59
Factor
0.581633
0.585859
0.59
Committee
Members
Dems without Coleman, Burris
Dems with Burris
Dems with Both
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A Senate showdown or an orderly entrance? —
First Read 1/5/2009
From NBC's Ken Strickland While exact details remain unclear about how and when Roland Burris will enter the U.S. Capitol tomorrow seeking Obama's vacant Senate seat, Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Terrance Gainer says it will be an orderly arrival. ...
Burris: 'I intend to be sworn in' —
CNN Political Ticker 1/5/2009
(CNN) – Democratic leaders have said publicly they will not seat him — but Roland Burris will be in the Senate when it meets Tuesday.
“I intend to be sworn in,” the former Illinois attorney general told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer in an interview ...
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