May 30, 2012

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Democrat Says Falling Gas Prices Demolish GOP Argument Against Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 05.15.2012

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Former Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell said Tuesday that the current drop in gas prices could significantly dampen one of the GOP's major economic ta...

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A Simple Plan for Detroit's Resurgence

Rep. Hansen Clarke | Posted 01.16.2012

Read More: Taxes, Detroit, Detroit-Michigan, Economy, Redevelopment, Infrastructure Spending, Detroit Jobs Trust Fund, Education Funding, Detroit Politics, Detroit News

For too long, we have seen our manufacturing jobs shipped overseas with little investment to retrain workers. We have seen high local taxes stifle entrepreneurship. It's time that we -- the people of Detroit -- take charge of our city's future.

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Conservatism Blew Up the Economy

Cliff Schecter | Posted 01.14.2012

So what do you do when financial analysts are warning that housing prices are headed for a "triple dip," the second largest Swiss Bank (Credit Suisse)...

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Tim Kaine: 'Nobody's Ever Cut Their Way To Prosperity'

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Infrastructure Spending, Infrastructure, Video, Tim Kaine Virginia, Nouriel Roubini, Economic Stimulus Package, Tim Kaine, American Recovery Act, American Jobs Act, Tim Kaine Senate, Tim Kaine Infrastructure, Congress Infrastructure, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Speaking at an infrastructure conference on Tuesday, Democratic Senate candidate Tim Kaine of Virginia laid out his vision for achieving...

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Obama's Jobs Council: Infrastructure Improvements Top List Of Priorities

Posted 12.11.2011

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By JIM KUHNHENN, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Decrying the human toll of the nation's economic and financial crisis, a group of corporate and lab...

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U.S. Mayors Frustrated With Gridlock On Jobs

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 11.19.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) is traveling to Washington, D.C., this week to meet with congressional leaders and let them k...

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Why It's Time to Declare War on Unemployment

Marc H. Morial | Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: Infrastructure Spending, Obama Infrastructure, Obama Unemployment, Unemployment, The American Jobs Act, American Jobs Act, Obama American Jobs Act, Obama Jobs Plan, The National Urban League, National Urban League, Bv-Money, Black Voices News

Just as Lyndon Johnson would declare War on Poverty, just Nixon would declare War on Drugs, just as Bush would declare War on Terrorism, it is time for this country declare War on Unemployment.

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Obama Is Not Trying to Create Jobs; He's Trying to Get Re-elected

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 11.09.2011

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I don't think President Obama is trying to create jobs. His jobs bill is designed to get him re-elected. I think if you looked at the facts you'd agree.

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I Want My America Back -- not the Tea Party's America

Judge H. Lee Sarokin | Posted 10.07.2011

Read More: Infrastructure Spending, Entitlements, No-Tax Pledge, Tea Party, Deficit Compromise, Debt Ceiling, Filibuster Rule, Subsidies, Minority Power, Sharia Law, Deductions, Tax on Wealthy, Politics News

Yes, the deficit must be reduced, waste eliminated, spending curtailed, and entitlements reviewed and probably reduced, but we need a government that operates by compromise not coercion.

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Obama: I'm Sure Boehner 'Will See The Light' On Infrastructure

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.05.2011

WASHINGTON -- Recent changes in rhetoric from Republicans on Capitol Hill have provided a sliver of hope about the prospects of getting an infrastruct...

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As U.S. Debates, China Undergoing '21st-Century Building Boom'

AP | ELAINE KURTENBACH | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Infrastructure Spending, Infrastructure Spending China, U.S. Infrastructure, Grand Canal, China Building Boom, Infrastructure Spending by State, Business News

HANGZHOU, China — Gravel-laden barges glide past the willow-fringed banks of the Grand Canal, plying a trade route built 2,500 years ago to brin...

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Obama Rhetoric on Infrastructure Spending Doesn't Match Administration Actions

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 05.25.2011

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On Monday, President Barack Obama emphasized the importance of putting Americans back to work using federal infrastructure projects. Yet, despite str...

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Infrastructure: The Best Bargain In The U.S. Economy

washingtonpost.com | Ezra Klein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Infrastructure Spending, Infrastructure, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Ezra Klein, Infrastructure Investment, Unemployment, Federal Aviation Administration, Roads, Construction, Schools, American Society of Civil Engineers, Business News

People say that the government should be run more like a business. So imagine you are CEO of the government. Your bridges are crumbling. Your schools ...

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Bennet's Office Backs Obama Infrastructure Plan If It's Paid For With Unused Stimulus Funds

KDVR | Eli Stokols | Posted 05.25.2011

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DENVER - After campaigning with President Barack Obama during a competitive Democratic U.S. Senate primary, Sen. Michael Bennet is now turning his bac...

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Scarborough, Rendell: Invest Afghan War Money In U.S.

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Afghan War Cost, Afghan War, Infrastructure Spending, Joe Scarborough, Morning Joe, Unemployment, US Military, Ed Rendell, Afghanistan, Kabul Bank, Hamid Karzai, Video, Politics News

Pennsylvania's Democratic Governor and conservative "Morning Joe" host Joe Scarborough agree: America cannot afford to spend $2 billion per week in Af...

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America's Infrastructure Needs An Extreme Makeover

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Infrastructure Spending, Infrastructure, Highways, Arianna Huffington Third World America, Third World America, Water, Economy, Bridges, Economic Crisis, Trains, Financial Crisis, Arianna Huffington, Politics News

In her new book about the challenges facing the American middle class, Arianna writes about politicians' failure to make the middle class a priority. ...

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Electing The New Economy: Time For An Infrastructure Overhaul?

Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Infrastructure Spending, Infrastructure, Green Collar Jobs, Green Infrastructure, Blue Collar Jobs, Economy, Construction, Green Economy, Business News

"Right now, there's something damn close to political consensus for a transformational investment package," Klein writes, arguing that, "the next pres...

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