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Progressive Breakfast: Party of No
LiberalOasis : The Blog —
Progressive Breakfast is created for OurFuture.org, and is the morning roundup of what progressive movement members need to know to start the day.
House Backs Econ Recovery Plan
WSJ: “The House bill expands access to health care for the unemployed, represents perhaps the largest expansion of the federal government's role in education financing ever and begins what Mr. Obama has promised will be a push toward renewable energy that will continue throughout his presidential tenure.”
MyDD’s Todd Beeton: “To Obama's credit, notice The AP's frame here: it's a "swift victory" for Obama who has been making "pleas for ...
Daily Digest: Forget Sod. Will Obama's Bill Stimulate the Grassroots?
techPresident —
"We Will Run Campaigns in Their Districts": Even after dropping a $20 million provision for resodding the National Mall, Barack Obama's $819 billion stimulus package came up with a big goose egg when it comes to Republican votes in the House. And that's not to mention the 11 "no" votes in the Democratic column. So is this when the President turns for backup to the masses of supporters he gained during the campaign? Yesterday Nancy Scola explored why Obama hasn't yet fired up his grassroots networks to shape public opinion on the massive bill. But Politico's Mike ...
Tell Republicans to Support America
culturekitchen - fresh dissent served daily —
The Republicans in the House showed that, although they happily bailed out big bank CEOs, their opposition to bailing out working class Americans continues. Not one Republican in the House supported Obama's Stimulus for America bill, even those who supported the bank bailout. Seems a continuation of the Republican redistribution of wealth to the wealthy plan. Tell the Republican Senators that they are now on notice. Support Obama's stimulus plan for America or admit they are elitists who are only willing to bail out the wealthy:
Remember, Republicans refused to support Clinton's stimulus bill after the first Bush's ...
Gerald McEntee: Put Our Economy Back on Track
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
This week's historic vote by the House of Representatives in favor of President Obama's plan to revitalize our economy and protect the jobs of millions of working Americans is proof that the change we voted for has finally arrived. The House acted boldly to protect jobs and create opportunity by passing President Obama's American Recovery and Reinvestmant Plan. Against a backdrop of a worsening economic crisis that resulted in last year's loss of 2.6 million American jobs, and layoffs that accelerated in the early part of 2009, President Obama's plan will create or save three to four million jobs, strengthen our middle class, and improve the economy in the near and long ...
Stimulus Wars II: The Obama Machine Strikes Back
Firedoglake —
On Thursday morning, Jane wrote about House GOP's unanimous refusal to back the Obama economic stimulus plan:
They looked like a bunch of petulant, narcissistic brats and did a nice job of making Obama appear measured and statesmanlike by comparison.
But everyone knew that was coming, ...
