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Kent Conrad (D) hints at opposing Obama's stimulus plan (video)
youtube.com - 1/30/2009
Kent Conrad (D) hints at opposing Obama's stimulus plan (video)
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ThinkProgress.org, 1/30/09
Will Opposing the Stimulus Makes Voters See Blue?
blogs.cqpolitics.com - 1/30/2009
Will Opposing the Stimulus Makes Voters See Blue?
— blogs.cqpolitics.com — Rush Limbaugh may beg to differ, but lockstep votes against President Obama's stimulus package like the one... seen in the House this week are steadily adding blue dye to the electoral map, according to a new poll by Democratic pollster Stan Greenberg. ... (more) Will Opposing the Stimulus Makes Voters See Blue?

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newsweek.com - 2/3/2009
Newsweek: Will Obama's stimulus plan work?
— newsweek.com — Among the many claims made for the stimulus package now before Congress is that it will "jump-start"... a "bigger, better, smarter" electric grid, enabling Americans to use energy more efficiently. Sounds great. But it may be mostly hype. (more) Newsweek: Will Obama's stimulus plan work?

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Think Progress:  Sen. Conrad: ‘I’d have a very hard time voting’ for recovery package as it stands.

Say Anything:  Kent Conrad Says He’s Not Sure He Can Vote For Obama’s Stimulus Spending Spree

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Sen. Conrad: ‘I’d have a very hard time voting’ for recovery package as it stands.
Think Progress — Earlier today, Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE) said he is “undecided” on whether to support President Obama’s recovery plan. Another “undecided” Democratic senator is Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND). “I’d have a very hard time voting for what came over from the House,” he said today on Fox News, echoing conservative talking points: CONRAD: [T]here are other areas of the package that are really very questionable in terms of whether they’d stimulate the economy. Some of the programs that are given money only have ten percent spend-out in the next two years. … There’s very little done in ...

Kent Conrad Says He’s Not Sure He Can Vote For Obama’s Stimulus Spending Spree
Say Anything — But not, mind you, because it once contained funding for tax subsidized condoms and abortions and still contains funding for things like HIV testing and ATV trails, but rather because it doesn’t do enough for the housing sector. Conrad must be getting another VIP loan in exchange for this one. ...

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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 ...
House Republicans Win Round One — Pundits Blog
I was waiting to appear on MSNBC with Norah O’Donnell, getting ready to talk about the stimulus package that was winding its way through the Senate (which didn’t happen, as Norah seems fixated on having me talk about Sarah Palin), when I watched Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad ...
Top Dem Senator: "Hundreds Of Billions More" Needed For Bank Bailouts — The Huffington Post | Full News Feed
Sen. Kent Conrad, chairman of the Budget Committee, warned Monday that the financial sector would need "hundreds of billions more" in federal dollars before the Wall Street crisis is over. Conrad, a North Dakota Democrat, wants $50 billion of the stimulus package to be directed at reducing ...
Top Dem Senator: "Hundreds Of Billions More" Needed For Bank Bailouts — Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
Sen. Kent Conrad, chairman of the Budget Committee, warned Monday that the financial sector would need "hundreds of billions more" in federal dollars before the Wall Street crisis is over. Conrad, a North Dakota Democrat, wants $50 billion of the stimulus package to be directed at reducing ...
Some Senate Democrats Balking at Obama's "Stimulus" Bill? — Ace of Spades HQ
Oh please let it be true. Republicans appear to have the support of some Democrats, including North Dakota Sen. Kent Conrad, head of the Budget Committee, and Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson. "As it stands it would be very hard for...
Kent Conrad Threatens "No" Vote On Stimulus Because It Doesn't Give More Money to Wall Street — Open Left - Front Page
Another declaration from the inner halls of the kleptocracy, this one from Democratic Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND). He represents North Dakota not Wall Street - and yet is threatening to vote against the stimulus bill because it doesn't give away more money to Wall Street. I shit you not : CONRAD: ...