washingtonmonthly.com - 2/9/2009
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WHY STATE CUTS MATTER.... When a handful of Senate Republicans slashed over $100 billion from the economic stimulus package, they specifically targeted $40 billion in proposed aid to states. Helping rescue states, Sen. Collins & Co. said, does not stimulate...
wonkroom.thinkprogress.org - 2/5/2009
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wonkroom.thinkprogress.org —
As Igor Volsky laid out earlier , Sen.
Ben Nelson (D-NE) and Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) are...
circulating a series of proposed cuts to the economic stimulus package. According to Nelson spokesperson Clay Westrope, “Senator Nelson feels like this ...
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Sens. Nelson And Collins Propose Slashing Almost $80 ...
worldnetdaily.com - 2/3/2009
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worldnetdaily.com —
$83 billion in welfare payments (the earned income
credit for people who don't pay income tax) $81...
billion for Medicaid $86 billion on education, more than the entire Department of Education required just ten years ago $36 billion for expanded ...
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Obama demands 10% defense cuts
yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 2/5/2009
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yglesias.thinkprogress.org —
By Brian Beutler Josh Marshall got a hold
of the Collins-Nelson group staff paper, outlining almost $80...
billion in potential cuts to the stimulus. Maybe none of it will matter–Reid now seems to think he has the votes. But I just wanted to ...
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The Nelson-Collins Cuts
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Arianna Huffington: Bipartisanship Fetishism vs. What's Best for America: Obama Needs to Choose
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... Let's take a look at how sweet the fruits of bipartisanship have been so far. The biggest cut to the stimulus bill made by Senate Republicans was the $40 billion in state aid axed out by bipartisan cover girl Susan Collins. According to the LA Times, here are ...
Penny Wise, Pound Foolish
The Moderate Voice —
... policy goals in mind and simply liked the idea of a small bill, specifically targeted $40 billion in proposed aid to states. Helping rescue states, Sen. Collins & Co. said, does not stimulate the economy, and as such doesn’t belong in the legislation. Democratic leaders reluctantly went along — they weren’t given a choice since Republicans refused to give the bill an up-or-down vote — and the $40 billion in state aid was eliminated.
At the time, it seemed like a very bad idea. That’s because it was a very bad idea. ...
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About Those "Cuts"
obsidianwings.blogs.com 2/9/2009 — by publius The bold centrists certainly deserve some blame for sacrificing hundreds of thousands of state jobs in the name of abstract Broderian ideology. But not all of it. The fact that states even need this money in the first place shows how ...
Might that Sec/State signature matter?
firstread.msnbc.msn.com 1/1/2009 —
From NBC's Mike Viqueira One wouldn't pretend to know how this Burris / Blago Senate affair is going to get sorted out, but one factor may be the signature -- or lack thereof -- of the Illinois secretary of state certifying the appointment.
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: The Beltway Games Don't Really Matter
mydd.com 2/14/2009 — Re: The Beltway Games Don't Really Matter ( none / 0 ) I've been trying to figure this out for a while now. It's like the DC media just can't wait for Obama to crash and burn, and if it take's their assistance, so be it. I swear, every republican in ...
New ‘Gang of Moderates’ cuts target women and children again.
thinkprogress.org 2/7/2009 — Yesterday, ThinkProgress noted that a list of items the so-called “centrist” Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Ben Nelson (D-NE) have proposed cutting from the economic recovery package would disproportionately affect women and children . These cuts ...
Stimulus bill: As Maine goes... - The Boston Globe
boston.com 2/4/2009 — REPUBLICAN congressional leaders say they don't want to become known as "the party of 'no.' " But every one of the House Republicans voted against the crucial economic stimulus bill last week. The bill passed easily without a single Republican vote, ...
Gregoire looking at massive state budget cuts
seattletimes.nwsource.com 11/30/2008 — Gov. Christine Gregoire's office is considering vast cuts in state spending that Democratic leaders once would have considered unthinkable, including more than $1 billion in funding for public schools.
Stimulus Deal: Obama Team Resigned To Senate Cuts
huffingtonpost.com 2/11/2009 — WASHINGTON — Negotiators hoped to seal agreement on President Barack Obama's economic stimulus package Wednesday after making good progress in the first rounds of closed-door talks.
Obama's negotiating team insisted on restoring some lost ...
Do Sens. Susan Collins and Others Want to Fire Teachers?
oxdown.firedoglake.com 2/6/2009 —
The Politico reports that the Senate's so-called "moderate" block thinks the best way to stimulute the economy is to cut about $90 billion from the spending side, and perhaps take it out of state spending for education. Are they nuts?
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