politicalnewslive.blogspot.com - 1/31/2009
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Despite President Obama's efforts to achieve bipartisan support for his stimulus plan, congressional Republicans have criticized the bill for "wasteful spending." Wyatt Andrews reports.
Conn. GOP Gov. Pushed For Stimulus, Says Himes
briefingroom.thehill.com 1/30/2009 — Freshman Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.) said that his state's Republican governor, M. Jodi Rell, called her state's Democratic House members to offer her support for the stimulus bill.
Rell phoned Himes on Wednesday before the House voted on the stimulus to ...
Stimulus/bailout confusion
krugman.blogs.nytimes.com 2/2/2009 — A correspondent raises an important point: there's widespread public confusion between the fiscal stimulus plan - which should, on its face, be very popular - and the bank bailouts, which are deeply (and understandably) unpopular. Spending on ...
Stimulus Senate Whip Counting
openleft.com 2/2/2009 — As the Senate opens debate on the stimulus package in about an hour, and with a vote on the package scheduled for Wednesday, it is time to start whip counting. In looking to determine the amount of Republican support for the stimulus package in ...
Americans Support Stimulus, but Many Want Major Changes
gallup.com 2/3/2009 — PRINCETON, NJ -- A strong majority of Americans (75%) want Congress to pass some version of President Obama's economic stimulus plan, but this group is split down the middle on whether it should be passed as is or with major changes. fza Naturally, ...
The Stimulus: Still Popular After All These Weeks
fivethirtyeight.com 2/3/2009 — I've seen it asserted, assumed or alleged in many places that the stimulus package is hemorrhaging public support and might become something of an albatross around the Obama administration's neck. While I don't doubt that the stimulus could become ...
Gov. Sanford Alone Against the Stimulus
corner.nationalreview.com 2/4/2009 — There has been some speculation that support from Republican governors might undermine Republican congressional opposition to the stimulus bill. Over the course of the last day or so, I've made calls to every Republican governor's office in the ...
$900 billion stimulus package runs aground
meganmcardle.theatlantic.com 2/4/2009 — Color me shocked: the stimulus, after swelling to $900 billion in the Senate, has suddenly run into trouble . Senate Democratic leaders conceded yesterday that they do not have the
votes to pass the stimulus bill as currently written and said ...
Kristol: New Poll Shows Stimulus Support Sags
weeklystandard.com 2/4/2009 — THE WEEKLY STANDARD has learned that later this morning Rasmussen Reports will release new survey data showing that a plurality of Americans now oppose the stimulus package (37-43%); two weeks ago, support for the legislation stood at 45-34%. There ...
GOP Senators Pick Their Pork
angrybear.blogspot.com 2/4/2009 — Well the gloves came off this morning. What GOP Leaders deem wasteful in Senate stimulus bill STORY HIGHLIGHTS House Republicans unveil list of "wasteful" Senate stimulus spending Stimulus bill passed in the House without any Republican support One ...
GOP Blocks Stimulus Increases
online.wsj.com 2/4/2009 — An attempt to increase the overall price tag of the economic stimulus package by $25 billion was defeated as Democrats only managed to convince two Republican lawmakers to support more spending on infrastructure projects.
Rasmussen Poll...Support For "Stimulus" Continues To Erode
minx.cc 2/4/2009 — Only 37% support the plan and the number has declined steadily over the last two weeks. Extra fun bonus...50% of people think "is at least somewhat likely to make things worse rather than better". According to the poll there is...
TPMDC Morning Roundup
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 2/6/2009 — Obama To Stimulus Critics: Spending "Is The Whole Point"
President Obama spoke last night to the House Democrats, where he rallied support for the stimulus bill -- and hammered the opposition . "They say this isn't a stimulus bill. It's a spending ...
Is Support for the Stimulus Plan Falling?
pollster.com 2/6/2009 — February 6, 2009 Is Support for the Stimulus Plan Falling? By Mark Blumenthal Is support for the economic stimulus legislation falling? Three polls provide data on point this week: Gallup says support is flat, while CBS News and Rasmussen Reports say ...
GOP Senator Calls Stimulus 'Stinky' —
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Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) lashed out at the economic stimulus package on Thursday, saying there is "stinky stuff" in the massive bill.
In a speech on the Senate floor, Coburn said that "there is a ton of stuff we need to cut of out this bill," adding that lawmakers "need to be in a 10-step ...
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