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Will Obama Keep His "Buy America" Promise?
openleft.com - 2/5/2009
Will Obama Keep His "Buy America" Promise?
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Back in August, presidential candidate Barack Obama made his commitment to the concept behind "Buy America" legislation very clear in a series of campaign statements and ads lambasting John McCain for opposing such pragmatic laws. Obama even distributed campaign stickers and flyers with a ...
America -- what have you done?
spectator.co.uk - 2/8/2009
America -- what have you done?
— spectator.co.uk — President Obama has had, by general consent, a torrid First Fortnight. To put it another way, it... has taken precisely two weeks for the illusion that brought him to power to be exposed for the nonsense that it so obviously was. The transformational ... (more) America -- what have you done?

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americanthinker.com - 2/8/2009
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— americanthinker.com — Mr. Obama's inaugural rhetoric , and symbolic granting of his first post-inauguration interview to the Saudi-owned Al-Arabiyya... network , emphasized the importance of the Muslim community in the United States, and a "restored" and "respectful" ... (more) Print Article

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azleg.gov - 2/5/2009
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— azleg.gov — Whereas, the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States reads as follows: "The powers not... delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the ... (more) Format Document

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Firedoglake:  Will Summers Beat Biden On “Buy American”?

FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right:  The Two Progressivisms

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Will Summers Beat Biden On “Buy American”?
Firedoglake — ... opposition to "big government," dismissing it as "Putinesque," but has no apparent problem with overpaying banks for toxic assets and foisting them off on taxpayers. It looks like Biden is losing Round 1 to Summers at least within the administration over the issue of "Buy American" provisions in the stimulus bill, however.   Biden spoke out in support of the provisions, joining the AFL-CIO and other unions.  But despite the fact that Obama promised to support such legislation during the campaign and hit John McCain hard for ...

The Two Progressivisms
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right — ... and using some of the same demagogic precepts that the right wing does, I am not particularly interested in that. In fact, I think it is acutely dangerous.

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The Impending Obama Meltdown
corner.nationalreview.com 2/4/2009 — Some of us have been warning that it was not healthy for the U.S. media to have deified rather than questioned Obama, especially given that they tore apart Bush, ridiculed Palin, and caricatured Hillary. And now we can see the results of their two ...
Ah. The Weaker Version of "Buy America" Is Not Quite Toothless After All... — J. Bradford DeLong's Grasping Reality with All Eight Tentacles
Alan Beattie in Washington, Peter Smith in Sydney and Mure Dickie in Tokyo for the FT: World wary of softer Buy American plan : US trade partners reacted warily on Thursday after the US Senate tried to head off an international trade conflict by voting to soften the controversial Buy ...
Obama Weighs In Against Buy America Stimulus Provisions — TalkLeft
David Sanger does a good job of reporting the story : The Senate, at the urging of White House officials, agreed Wednesday night to water down some of the “Buy America” provisions in its version of the $900 billion economic stimulus bill. The vote gave President Obama a victory in ...
Senate Agrees To Water Down 'Buy American' Provisions — The Huffington Post | Full News Feed
The Senate, at the urging of White House officials, agreed Wednesday night to water down some of the "Buy America" provisions in its version of the $900 billion economic stimulus bill. The vote gave President Obama a victory in the first test of how he will balance his campaign promises to ...
The Senate and "Buy America" — J. Bradford DeLong's Grasping Reality with All Eight Tentacles
By my reading this gelds the "buy America" provision completely--that its force came from the fact that trade agreements were not self-enforcing, and this makes them so. But I am not a trade lawyer: Senate approves softened ‘Buy American’ plan : WASHINGTON, Feb 4: The US ...
Green Jobs and Buy America — Open Left - Front Page
The Wall Street Journal explains why "Buy America" provisions and domestic preferences will likely be integral to making sure the green energy revolution actually happens in our country - and isn't outsourced: Congress is beginning to fear that the Obama administration's push for renewable ...
Dorgan Publishes USA Today Op-Ed Demanding Passage of Buy America Law — Open Left - Front Page
Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND), a senior member of the crucial Commerce Committee, has published a powerful op-ed in USA Today demanding passage of the Buy America laws that Barack Obama promised during his campaign. Here's an excerpt: Here's a thought. If we want to stimulate the American economy ...
REPORT: Obama to Gut "Buy America" Provisions - Battle Moves to Senate Commerce Committee — Open Left - Front Page
Following on OpenLeft's ongoing coverage of the big "Buy America" fight, the UK Telegraph has this report : Obama to Dilute 'Buy American' Plan The White House has promised to review the protectionist proposals, passed last week by Democratic allies in the House of Representatives, which ...