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 Tell Senator Lugar to Support President Obama's Economic Recovery Plan (video)
Tell Senator Lugar to Support President Obama's Economic Recovery Plan (video)
Tell Senator Lugar to Support President Obama's Economic Recovery Planhttp://www.jobsandeconomicrecovery.com
Public Support for Economic Recovery Plan Slips to 42%
rasmussenreports.com — Public support for the economic recovery plan crafted by President Obama and congressional Democrats has slipped a bit over the past week. At the same time, expectations that the plan will quickly become law have increased. Forty-two percent (42%) ... (more) Public Support for Economic Recovery Plan Slips to 42%
Stimulus Watch: Keeping an Eye on Economic Recovery Spending
stimuluswatch.org — How can I use Stimulus Watch? StimulusWatch.org was built to to help the new administration keep its pledge and to hold public officials to account for the taxpayer money they spend. We do this by allowing you, citizens around the country with local ... (more) Stimulus Watch: Keeping an Eye on Economic ...
OurFuture: The Economic Recovery Plan Needs Your Help
OurFuture: The Economic Recovery Plan Needs Your Help
ourfuture.org — President Barack Obama's economic recovery bill — The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act — needs your help. Conservatives are doing everything they can to delay and dilute the legislation. Yet quick, bold action on the economy is critical if we ... (more) OurFuture: The Economic Recovery Plan Needs Your Help
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Americans United expands buy
Ben Smith's Blog — Americans United for Change, the labor-backed pro-stimulus group, is expanding its radio and television ad buys targeting Republican senators into some new states, with radio ads gong up in Kentucky, North Carolina, and Florida, and television spots like the one above targeting Indiana's Richard Lugar and Missouri's Kit Bond. They're already up in Maine, New Hampshire, Iowa, Alaska, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Ohio.

Stimulus battle moves to the Senate
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth — It's game on in the U.S. Senate for the economic recovery package. And, the Senate Republicans are planning their same old games. Mitch McConnell and his crew of GOP obstructionists are gearing up. The question is how much more damage can these Republicans do to the U.S. economy? ...

Targeting Republicans
Daily Kos — Saying that: House Republicans decided to listen to Rush Limbaugh and put partisan politics ahead of getting people back to work as the Obama plan would do. ...a cadre of progressive groups are "putting Senators on notice," with an ad buy that starts tomorrow, targeting Republican Senators for their vote on Barack Obama's American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan, set to be debated this week in the U.S. Senate. The ads, running on both radio and television, are aimed at Richard Lugar (IN), Kit Bond (MO), Mel Martiniez (FL), Jim Bunning (KY), and Richard Burr (NC). Some Republicans have complained that ...

Progressive Breakfast: Light Up The Phones
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. Light Up The Phones! Call your Senators toll-free at 1-866-544-7573 and demand immediate passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. OurFuture.org's Bernie Horn, "Stand Up and Fight!": "Here in Washington, D.C., the word on the street is that the Right is killing us with phone calls to Congress. One congressperson said the calls are running 100 to 1 against the Obama economic recovery plan. The legislation is now on the Senate floor. If Senators ...

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