Economic Recovery Package

Help Wanted: Progressives Who Will Organize!

Rev. Lennox Yearwood | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rev. Lennox Yearwood

We are living in a moment in history when we can put forth really big ideas. Seeing that everyone has a role to play in our democracy is a really big idea.

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Media Meltdown: How the Press Failed the Public in Covering the Stimulus Debate

John W. Delicath | Posted 05.25.2011

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John W. Delicath

There's a reason President Barack Obama left Washington, D.C. to speak directly with the American people about his economic recovery package, and it p...

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Krugman: 'Obama's Victory Feels Like Defeat'

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the New York Times, Paul Krugman wonders why President Obama's stimulus win doesn't feel like one: By any normal political standards, this week's...

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Top 10 Biggest Myths About The Stimulus

Media Matters | Posted 05.25.2011

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Media Matters for America previously identified numerous myths and falsehoods advanced by the media in their coverage of the American Recovery and Rei...

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Latest Stimulus Cuts: Head Start, Food Stamps, Public Transit

The Plum Line | Posted 05.25.2011

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I've just obtained an internal Senate committee memo detailing the latest cuts being eyed by the gang of Senators being led by Dem Ben Nelson and GOPe...

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Bipartisanship (is) for Dummies

Josh Nelson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Josh Nelson

The idea that we can turn this economy around by caving to the feckless demands of those who screwed it up in the first place is utterly bankrupt.

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Don't Let Rush Limbaugh Write The Economic Recovery Package

Bertha Lewis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bertha Lewis

It is absurd that people like Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity are controlling the terms of debate for a package they will never support anyway.

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Rational Exuberance: Executives' Club of Chicago Economic Forecast 2009

Esther J. Cepeda | Posted 05.25.2011

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Esther J. Cepeda

Savage's red-lined, bottom-busting charts were breathtaking in their horror as she walked us through the financial tragedies of the last year.

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Obama and Nations' Governors Convene at Independence Hall

Denise Dennis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Denise Dennis

The historic significance of Independence Hall was not lost on the 48 governors who gathered here today with Obama and Biden, for an unprecedented meeting about the economy.

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