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08 Jan 18 : 08 | Obama Lays Out Economic Recovery Plan In his first policy speech since the election, President-elect Barack Obama laid out his “American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan” to stimulate the economy by pumping money into infrastructure, alternative energy, technology and aid to states. Speaking at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va.,... Source : The Washington Independent 31 hours ago |
08 Jan 15 : 22 | Obama’s Economic Plan Not Bold Enough for WSJ President-elect Obama’s big economic speech today details all the problems the economy faces, and he predicts dire consequences if the government doesn’t act now - and in a big way. If nothing is done, Obama warns, the recession could linger for years. It’s all part of his effort to drum up... Source : The Washington Independent 34 hours ago |
06 Jan 21 : 59 | McConnell Calls for State Loans as Part of Stimulus Plan Not sure how this is going to fly with Democrats (read: it’s not), but Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) took to the chamber floor today and, in the middle of a long speech about the importance of bipartisan cooperation in confronting the sunken economy, suggested that the hundreds of... Source : The Washington Independent |
06 Jan 15 : 07 | New Adventures in Bad Faith The crocodile tears flow so fast and furious from this Pat Buchanan column that your computer screen might get moist. Fair warning. On [Harry Reid's] blacklist [of unacceptable choices for Barack Obama's Senate seat] were, according to the source, Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., Rep. Danny Davis and State... Source : The Washington Independent |
31 Dec 15 : 25 | Obama Suggests Cuba Policy Reform As the world ushers in the new year, Cuba will celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the revolution that brought Fidel Castro to power and sparked an intense political conflict with the United States that has far outlived the Cold War. President-elect Barack Obama had not yet been born when Castro... Source : The Washington Independent |
23 Dec 16 : 45 | Is 2009 the Year of Credit Card Reform? iStockphoto Dissatisfied with the timing and sweep of new federal rules designed to protect credit card users from the banks that bill them, some well-placed Democrats are vowing to push stronger, more immediate reforms next year. With the banking industry already reeling from the economic downturn,... Source : The Washington Independent |
19 Dec 21 : 05 | Obama Rounds Out Cabinet With Labor, Transportation Picks In his fifth press conference in as many days this week, President-elect Obama completed his cabinet appointments, tapping Rep. Hilda Solis (D-Calif.) as secretary of labor and Rep. Ray LaHood (R-Ill.) as secretary of transportation. He also named former Dallas mayor Ron Kirk as the U.S. trade... Source : The Washington Independent |
10 Dec 15 : 16 | A Post-American Iraq, Or Not, Or Sort-Of? In light of Iraq spokeman Ali al-Dabbagh’s vision of Iraq pushing the Middle East in a European Union-style direction of common markets, it’s striking just how little effort he devoted to mentioning a place for the U.S. Now, a Middle Eastern E.U. is as ambitious as it is desirable, so asking how... Source : The Washington Independent |
