Stimulus Money

Powerful Dems Help Chinese Firm Chase Stimulus Money

First Read | Russ Choma | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: A-Power Energy Generation Systems, Democrats China Stimulus Money, China Stimulus Money, Texas Wind Farm, Democrats Texas Wind Farm, U.S. Renewable Energy Group, Stimulus Money, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Top Democratic fundraisers and lobbyists with links to the White House are behind a proposed wind farm in Texas that stands to get $450 ...

Read Whole Story

How The Stimulus Is Changing America, Making It More Green

TIME | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Congress, Wind Energy, Jobs Bill, Green Jobs, Economy, Clean Energy, Obama, Recession, Energy Alternatives, Solar Energy, White House, Electric Cars, American Investment and Recovery Act, Green Energy, Stimulus Money, Politics News

For starters, the Recovery Act is the most ambitious energy legislation in history, converting the Energy Department into the world's largest venture-...

Read Whole Story

Your Taxpayer Money Creating Clean Energy Jobs in...Japan?

James P. Hoffa | Posted 05.25.2011

The U.S. government is sending $1.8 billion in stimulus money to overseas wind energy companies. It's just wrong to spend U.S. tax dollars on clean energy technology from companies in Japan, Denmark and Germany.

Read Post

Stimulus Money Shouldn't Go Overseas, Say Democratic Senators

AP | FREDERIC J. FROMMER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Economic Stimulus Package, Stimulus Package, Stimulus Money, Stimulus Overseas, Stimulus Money Overseason, Chuck Schumer, Recovery Act, Geithner, Investigative Reporting Workshop, Sherrod Brown, Robert Casey, Jon Tester, Politics News

WASHINGTON — A group of Democratic senators urged the Obama administration to suspend an economic stimulus program aimed at financing renewable ...

Read Whole Story

Mark Sanford Wants $300 Million Of Stimulus For South Carolina

The State | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: South Carolina Stimulus Money, Marc Sanford, Obama Sanford, Mark Sanford, South Carolina, South Carolina Sanford, Sanford, Sanford Obama, Stimulus, Stimulus Money, Politics News

Gov. Mark Sanford flew to Washington on Thursday to tell the Obama administration that South Carolina wants $300 million in federal stimulus money. S...

Read Whole Story

Bette Midler Gets $2

walletpop.com | Andrea Chalupa | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New-York-Parks, Drew Becher, Target, Bette Midler, Sean Conway, New-York-Restoration-Project, Stimulus Money, Business News

Bette Midler's New York Restoration Project is at it again. The non-profit, which works to revitalize parks and public spaces throughout New York City...

Read Whole Story

Manufactured Protesters Are Killing Democracy

Shannyn Moore | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ted Stevens, Jack Abramoff, Stimulus Money, Boston Patriots, Keith Olbermann, Don Young, Sarah Palin, Tea Baggers, Americans for Prosperity, Brett Gibson, Alaska Bar, Mccain-and-Greenberg-Traurig, Socialist, Bernie Madoff, Tarp, Tim Phillips, Arctic Paws, Freedom Works, Pebble Mine, Vanity Fair, Duane Gibson, Kenai River Classic, Alaska Legislature, Brooks Brothers Riot, 2000 Florida Recount, Livingston Group, Fake Outrage, Rachel Maddow, Thomm Hartmann, Ponzi Scheme, Fox News, Birthers, Stimulus Funds, Astro-Turfing, Politics News

The "Tea Party" movement flies in the face of what the true patriots in Boston stood for. Corporate lobbying-run groups are creating the illusion of grass roots protests at the health care town hall meetings.

Read Post

States, Cities Still Spending Millions On Lobbying For Stimulus Money

Wall Street Journal | LOUISE RADNOFSKY and LESLIE EATON | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stimulus Spending Lobbyists, Stimulus Spending, Stimulus, Lobbyists, Stimulus Money, Transparency, Business News

Strapped local and state governments are still spending on at least one activity: seeking stimulus money....

Read Whole Story

Popularity, Web Snafus Nearly Broke 'Clunkers'

AP | DAN STRUMPF | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Showrooms, President Obama, Cash for Clunkers, "Cash for Clunkers' Program, Cars, Stimulus, Stimulus Money, Business News

NEW YORK — This was one government stimulus plan that yielded quick results. Maybe too quick. Far more drivers signed up for the "cash for clun...

Read Whole Story

Stimulus Money May Finally Flow To Green Energy

forbes.com | Brian S. Wesbury and Robert Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Solar Energy, Biomass Energy, Wind Energy, Barack Obama, Evolving Energy Tech, Obama, Green Energy, Green Business, Stimulus, Stimulus Money, Green News

It's been a long time coming, but green energy business are about to get their promised boost from the economic stimulus package that President Obama ...

Read Whole Story

Stimulus Money Goes To Nissan, Ford, Tesla: Detroit Free Press

ecogeek.org | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nissan, Department of Energy, Electric Cards, President Obama, Environment, Green, Detroit, Ford, Hybrid Cars, Stimulus, Stimulus Money, Tesla, Alternative Energy Supplies, Green Energy, Alternative and Renewable, Renewable Resources, Clean Renewable Energy, Evolving Energy Tech, Alternative Renewable Energy, Alternative Energy Sources, Alternative Energy Demand, Renewable and Alternative, Renewable Energy Supplies, Green News

Both the big auto giants and the lightweight electric startups applied for as much of said money as possible, and the Department of Energy is moments ...

Read Whole Story

Stimulus Aid Said To Be Moving Faster After "Learning Curve"

Wall Street Journal | LOUISE RADNOFSKY and CHRISTOPHER CONKEY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stimulus Learning Curve, Stimulus Aid, Obama Stimulus, Stimulus, Stimulus Money, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration says it has been on a "learning curve" with the economic-stimulus package but has figured out how to spend some...

Read Whole Story

Some Hard-Hit States Get Less Stimulus Money

Wall Street Journal | LOUISE RADNOFSKY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stimulus and Recession, States, Stimulus, Stimulus Funds, Stimulus Funding, Nevada Stimulus, Stimulus Money, Politics News

Some of the states worst hit by the recession are getting far less federal economic-stimulus money per person than states faring better. Nevada, wh...

Read Whole Story

Republican John Boehner: 'Where Are The Jobs?' From The Stimulus

AP | WILL LESTER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Unemployment, Federal Spending, John Boehner, Jobs, Funding, Stimulus, Recession, Republicans, Stimulus Money, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Republicans concerned about the Obama administration's big spending on economic stimulus, energy and health care are asking, "Where...

Read Whole Story

Palin Pimps Steele; "Snows" Obama

Shannyn Moore | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy Stimulus, Yukon River Flooding, Carrie Prejean, Sarah Palin, Michael Steele, Miss California, Governor Palin, Obama, Western Alaska, Franklin Graham, Stimulus Money, Politics News

There is a long list of major concerns Sarah Palin could spend her political capital on to help our state. Instead, she squanders it on the likes of Michael Steele.

Read Post

GOP Strategists Defend Sanford, Others, For Taking Stimulus Money

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sanford Stimulus, Stimulus Money, Mark Sanford, GOP Governors, Fiscal Conservative, Bobby Jindal, Bobby Jindal Stimulus, Sarah Palin, Palin Stimulus, Politics News

The decision by a host of conservative governors to accept the entire portion of the stimulus package destined for their states would seem, on the sur...

Read Whole Story

6 Ways To Put Your Stimulus Money Where Your Heart Is

divinecaroline.com | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Economic Stimulus Package, The Giving Life, Stimulus Money, Healthy Living News

Now that President Obama has signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, a 787 billion dollar economic stimulus package, we can all expect to s...

Read Whole Story

See The Stimulus In Action? Help HuffPost Follow The Money

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, whitehouse.gov Stimulus, Stimulus, whitehouse.gov, Stimulus Money, Politics News

In February, we asked HuffPost readers to help us dig through the stimulus bill, and hundreds of readers wrote in with great tips, including the news ...

Read Whole Story

Palin To Reject Almost Half Of Stimulus Money

CNN Political Ticker | Lauren Kornreich | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sarah Palin Stimulus Money, Alaska Stimulus Money, Sarah Palin, Stimulus Money, Politics News

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will reject almost half of the federal stimulus money available to her state, her office said Thursday. "We will request fede...

Read Whole Story

Mississippi House Votes To Accept All Stimulus Money, Defying GOP Governor

Think Progress | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gop Stimulus, Mississippi, Economic Stimulus Package, Bobby Jindal, Haley Barbour, Stimulus Package, Stimulus Money, Politics News

Last month, Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour (R) criticized "excess spending" in the federal recovery package, saying he (like Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jind...

Read Whole Story

States Mine Stimulus For Transportation Projects

New York Times | MICHAEL COOPER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Building Projects, Stimulus Projects, Stimulus Package, Stimulus Money, Home News

Kansas will widen U.S. 69 to remove a bottleneck outside Kansas City, along with a few other expensive projects. Maryland will spend its money in smal...

Read Whole Story

Dem Governor Bredesen May Reject Some Stimulus

Chattanooga Times Free Press | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gop Stimulus, Democrats Stimulus, Democrat Stimulus Money, Phil Bredesen, Governors Stimulus, Bredesen Stimulus, Stimulus Money, Politics News

Tennessee and Georgia may turn down some of the economic stimulus money if the restrictions outlined in the package cause budgetary hardship in the fu...

Read Whole Story

Obama's Stimulus Now A Race Against The Clock

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama Stimulus Columbus, Obama Columbus Police Department, Obama Stimulus, Barack Obama, Stimulus Cash, Obama Columbus, Columbus Pd, Stimulus Money, Politics News

President Obama is meeting with a group of mayors today, in what will ostensibly be a mass-lobbying session for stimulus money to be directed to local...

Read Whole Story

GOP Governors Consider Turning Down Stimulus Money

AP | MELINDA DESLATTE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: GOP Governors, Stimulus, GOP and Stimulus Money, Stimulus Money, Gop Governors Consider Turning Down Stimulus Money, Governors Not Accepting Stimulus Money, Politics News

BATON ROUGE, La. — A handful of Republican governors are considering turning down some money from the federal stimulus package, a move opponents...

Read Whole Story