Obama Stimulus

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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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Take A Stand on Stimulus

Scott Murphy | Posted 03.28.2009 | Politics

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As we face the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, voters in Upstate New York deserve straight answers from congressional candidates as to how they would vote on the recovery package.

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SEIU's Stern: Solis' Absence Hurt Workers On Stimulus

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2009 | Politics

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One of the nation's most prominent union leaders says that working Americans were deprived a voice during the debate over the stimulus package and hou...

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An Open Letter to David Axelrod

Robert Kuttner | Posted 03.26.2009 | Politics

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It will take much stronger medicine to avert a depression than the measures taken to date, and the president needs to rally public opinion if he is to persuade Congress to act at the necessary scale.

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Why You Should Recommit to 21st Century (Gasp!) Bipartisan Politics

Maegan Carberry and Elizabeth Blackney | Posted 03.26.2009 | Politics

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The stimulus debate, or lack thereof, proved beyond a doubt that forward-thinking individuals must join the netroots-driven political realignment happening across America to have meaningful impact.

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Obama's Charm Offensive: Crist And Barbour Push Back On GOP Lines

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.26.2009 | Politics

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Perhaps President Obama's charm offensive with Republicans is beginning to work. Standing outside the White House on Monday, after a meeting with the...

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Live Video: Obama, Biden Open Fiscal Responsibility Summit

MSNBC | Posted 03.26.2009 | Politics

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President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden open the Fiscal Responsibility Summit. Event is scheduled to begin at 1pm EST. .msnbcLinks {fo...

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Rahm: Ben Nelson The One Who Held Up Stimulus

The New Yorker | Posted 03.25.2009 | Politics

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Rahm Emanuel's office, which is no more than a three-second walk from the Oval Office, is as neat as a Marine barracks. On his desk, the files and doc...

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Obama To Mayors: Don't Screw Up The Stimulus (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.23.2009 | Politics

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Sounding, at times, like a school teacher lecturing a classroom of mischievous students, President Barack Obama warned a gathering of mayors on Friday...

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Obama's Stimulus Now A Race Against The Clock

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.23.2009 | Politics

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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...

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Obama Needs an Economic Philosophy

Teryn Norris | Posted 03.22.2009 | Politics

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Obama and his advisors made a critical miscalculation by allowing the political goal of bipartisanship to trump urgent economic necessity and the need for a new economic philosophy.

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Bipartisanship Is a Silly Beltway Obsession

Thomas Frank | Posted 03.22.2009 | Politics

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Never has Beltway orthodoxy looked as clueless and futile as it does today.

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The Simplest Plan For Helping Homeowners

Henryk A. Kowalczyk | Posted 03.22.2009 | Business

By offering short-term loans, the government would be using taxpayer money wisely to stimulate banks to reform their lending practices.

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Mayors To Lobby Obama For Stimulus Money Friday

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.22.2009 | Politics

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The president is scheduled to host a group of mayors from across the country at the White House on Friday in what will be a lobbying effort for federa...

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How Government Spending Stimulates Private Investment

Rep. Charles A. Gonzalez | Posted 03.21.2009 | Politics

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To get through these hard times, we need to work together, every one of us, as a country, and this legislation is a solid foundation on which we can build.

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Good Money After Bad

Robert Scheer | Posted 03.21.2009 | Politics

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The only valid criticism to be made of the stimulus bill that Obama signed Tuesday with deserved pride of authorship is that it is too small for the enormous problem at hand.

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Will John Boehner Really Say "Thanks But No Thanks" To Stimulus Funds?

James Boyce and Paul Abrams | Posted 03.21.2009 | Politics

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As we say on the sandlots, it's time for Boehner to put up or shut up.

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GOP Fighting For Money From Stimulus They Opposed

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 03.21.2009 | Politics

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House Republicans, as a group, may take great pride in the goose egg they offered President Obama's stimulus package. But now the unanimous opposition...

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Calling Jindal's Bluff

Stuart Whatley | Posted 03.21.2009 | Politics

The desperation of the economic crisis and Jindal's own political ambitions certainly put him between a rock and a hard place.

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Taking the Long View

James Warren | Posted 03.20.2009 | Politics

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Can Obama really and truly get us to take the long view? And can he both exploit and turn his back on the same media technologies that impact how we respond to events and crises?

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Namaste Solar: Biden Flubs Denver Company Name (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 03.20.2009 | Politics

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At the Denver signing of the stimulus bill, Vice President Joe Biden introduced the CEO of Namaste Solar, Blake Jones. He said that if he pronounced t...

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Gibbs Won't Rule Out Second Stimulus

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.20.2009 | Politics

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The Obama administration will not "foreclose" the idea of introducing a second stimulus package should the first one prove ineffective. But at this ju...

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Obama Signing Stimulus Bill In Denver: VIDEO, UPDATES

AP/Huffington Post | BEN FELLER | Posted 03.20.2009 | Politics

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President Barack Obama signed into law the most sweeping economic package in decades, a rescue plan meant to reinvigorate job creation, consumer spend...

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It's Time to Treat America's Homeowners as Well as We've Been Treating Wall Street's Bankers

Arianna Huffington | Posted 06.12.2009 | Business

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"The banks are too big to fail" has been the mantra we've been hearing since September. But when you consider the millions of American homeowners facing foreclosure, aren't they also too big to fail?

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