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Texas Republicans Raking In Stimulus After Opposing It

The Dallas Morning News | Dave Michaels | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics

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Texas Republicans opposed the $787 billion stimulus package, but their districts are getting more than their fair share of emergency funds. Working my...

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Commercial Real Estate: 90% Financing at Low Rates Is Possible

Jerry Chautin | Posted 10.20.2009 | Business

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Jerry Chautin

The lesser-known 504 program from the U.S. Small Business Administration can be ideal for small-business owners to buy, build or rehabilitate commercial buildings.

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Sam Stein

Poll: Obama Doing Woeful Job Selling Stimulus

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics

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A huge swath of the American public has either not personally benefited from the stimulus package or not heard of the Obama administration's signature...

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Secesh 3.0: Fear Of A Black President

David A. Love | Posted 09.29.2009 | Politics

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When the Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) disrupted the President’s health care address before a joint session of Congress, it was not the first time th...

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Billion For Cops To Be Given Out By Obama Administration

AP | MARYCLAIRE DALE and DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 08.28.2009 | Politics

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PHILADELPHIA — A $1 billion stimulus program to keep cops on the streets was praised Tuesday as a heavenly blessing in places like tiny Anguilla...

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Obama Needs to Show Less Paucity of Audacity

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 08.20.2009 | Politics

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Miles Mogulescu

So far the only people Obama seems willing to make mad are the activist base of the Democratic party who helped him defeat Hillary Clinton and John McCain.

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Obama Asks For Patience On Stimulus

AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 08.12.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Republicans lined up Sunday in opposition to a second economic stimulus package, a rare demonstration of unity from an out-of-power...

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

Wall Street Journal | LOUISE RADNOFSKY and CHRISTOPHER CONKEY | Posted 08.10.2009 | Politics

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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...

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Top GOPer: We Can't Judge The Stimulus For "At Least A Year"

Bill Scher | Posted 08.09.2009 | Politics

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Bill Scher

There are two ideologically opposite criticisms of the stimulus package proposed by President Obama.

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Sam Stein

Biden Ignores Warnings Of Krugman, Stiglitz, Roubini And Others

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.05.2009 | Business

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During his interview with ABC's This Week on Sunday, Vice President Joe Biden made what will be a much-discussed admission in the week ahead. The Obam...

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Public Confidence In Stimulus Package's Effectiveness Ebbs, Poll Finds

Washington Post | Dan Balz and Jon Cohen | Posted 07.23.2009 | Politics

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Barely half of Americans are now confident that President Obama's $787 billion stimulus measure will boost the economy, and the rapid rise in optimism...

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Can We Afford All This Spending?

Hale "Bonddad" Stewart | Posted 07.19.2009 | Business

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There has been a war of words written about Washington's recent increase in spending. However, this war hasn't focused on the numbers. Let's take a look at the numbers and see what they tell us.

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Obama's Stimulus Promise: More Than 600,000 Jobs

AP | BRETT J. BLACKLEDGE and MATT APUZZO | Posted 07.09.2009 | Business

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama assured the nation his recovery plan was on track Monday, scrambling to calm Americans unnerved by unemploym...

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Obama Vs. Schwarzenegger: White House Threatens To Rescind Stimulus Funds

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 06.08.2009 | Politics

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Arnold Schwarzenegger has been one of the prominent Republican defenders of President Obama's stimulus plan. He's called the California governor "one...

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States Slashing Social Safety Nets

New York Times | ERIK ECKHOLM | Posted 05.12.2009 | Politics

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Battered by the recession and the deepest and most widespread budget deficits in several decades, a large majority of states are slicing into their so...

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Obama FT Interview: Call For Global Unity

Financial Times | Posted 04.30.2009 | Politics

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merican presidents sometimes give interviews in the Oval Office. On this occasion Barack Obama chooses the nearby Roosevelt room, named after Teddy Ro...

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Private Company Creates Rival To Obama Web Site

The Hill | Posted 04.27.2009 | Politics

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As critics slam the administration's Recovery.gov website for a lack of accessible data, a private company has launched a rival -- Recovery.com. Onvi...

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Obama Imposes Strict New Rules For Stimulus Lobbyists

AP | ALAN FRAM | Posted 04.27.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says lobbyists pushing for projects in the stimulus package can't utter a word about them to administration ...

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Jindal Spurns Obama's Jobless Aid as Mayor Pleads 'Help Me Now'

Bloomberg | Posted 04.26.2009 | Politics

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ouisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, a Republican, cited fiscal responsibility when he turned down about $98 million in unemployment aid that was part of P...

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Obama Using Schwarzenegger To Answer GOP Critics

AP | CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 04.19.2009 | Politics

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LOS ANGELES — Buoyed by adoring crowds far from Washington's political wars, President Barack Obama guaranteed Americans on Thursday that the na...

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Obama Getting Briefed By Volcker On Stimulus Plan's Effectiveness

AP | Posted 04.13.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Friday acknowledged that many families are suffering "incredible pain" from the economy but said his gove...

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South Carolina Governor: Obama Stimulus Will Turn U.S. Into Zimbabwe

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 04.12.2009 | Politics

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South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford warned yesterday that the recently-signed stimulus bill could spur a Zimbabwe-style economic collapse. According...

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Sam Stein

Chafee Chides Obama Over Bipartisanship

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.11.2009 | Politics

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One of Barack Obama's high-profile Republican endorsers during the campaign said he was "stunned" that the president could muster only three Republica...

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Second Stimulus May Be Inevitable

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 04.09.2009 | Politics

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ABC News' George Stephanopoulos suggests in a blog post Monday that a second stimulus bill might be necessary, and indeed, there's plenty of evidence ...

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Obama On Stimulus: 'I Know We Did The Right Thing'

AP | DARLENE SUPERVILLE | Posted 04.06.2009 | Politics

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COLUMBUS, Ohio — While aknowledging an "astounding" number of job losses in February, President Barack Obama told critics of his $787 billion ec...

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