Stimulus Funds

Sherrod Brown: Opponent's Negative Ad Recycles False Claims

The Huffington Post | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.24.2012

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Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) is hitting back against a new campaign ad put out by his Republican opponent, Josh Mandel, charging the ad merely repeats ...

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State of the Union: Small Businesses Can Expect More of Obama's Failed Promises

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 03.24.2012

President Obama is one of the most anti-small business presidents in U.S. history and his policies have devastated the middle class economy. His policies have forced millions of small businesses to close their doors and millions more people to lose their jobs.

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'Bridge To Nowhere' — We're Still Paying For It

The Anchorage Daily News | Sean Cockerham | Posted 06.10.2011

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Alaska legislators have signed off on another $1.4 million in federal money to pay planners of the controversial Knik Arm bridge and are talking about...

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The Stimulus: Slamming It, Working It

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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These congressmen voted against stimulus. They railed against stimulus. They've been fundraising against stimulus. Except, apparently, when they want some of it.

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Texas Governor Offers Unemployed Two Choices: Buy a Job or Just Say Thanks

Rachel Farris | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bill White Rick Perry, Economic Stimulus Package, Unemployment, Stimulus Funds, Texas Governor Rick Perry, 2010 Midterm Elections, Unemployment Benefits, Bill White, Texas Governor, Rick Perry, Politics News

That's the kind of Governor Texas has. A governor who thinks being unemployed in Texas is a good thing. That sure explains a lot. Out of a job? That just means you have more time to explore the wild yonder of the Texas-Mexico border.

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Which State's Public Colleges Will See Economic Relief First? (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

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As federal recovery funds are doled out state by state, some public colleges will have to wait years before they receive their share of government mon...

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Tim Geithner Calls Out Scott Brown For Stimulus Criticism

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner rejected on Sunday claims made by newly-minted Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) that the Obama stimulus package had not ...

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Texas Republicans Raking In Stimulus After Opposing It

The Dallas Morning News | Dave Michaels | Posted 05.25.2011

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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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Stimulus Funds Rejection By Local Officials Causing Controversy

MSNBC | Mike Stuckey | Posted 05.25.2011

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The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was supposed to create jobs by the millions, but Debra Morgan of North Platte, Neb., says it got her fired....

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Ailing States Face Bleak Outlook For Next Fiscal Year

Washington Post | Keith B. Richburg and Ashley Surdin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: State Budgets, US Economy, State Funds, States, Economy, Recession, Stimulus Funds, Business News

As states across the country grapple with the worst economy in decades, most have cut services, forced workers to take unpaid days off, shut offices s...

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Manufactured Protesters Are Killing Democracy

Shannyn Moore | Posted 05.25.2011

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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.

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Cities Lose Out On Road Funds From Federal Stimulus

New York Times | MICHAEL COOPER and GRIFF PALMER | Posted 05.25.2011

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Two-thirds of the country lives in large metropolitan areas, home to the nation's worst traffic jams and some of its oldest roads and bridges. But cit...

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Dems: Stimulus Money Needs To Be Spent Faster

CNN Political Ticker | Posted 05.25.2011

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A leading congressional Democrat and Republican both expressed disappointment Sunday with the pace of the government's economic stimulus program, but ...

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Some Hard-Hit States Get Less Stimulus Money

Wall Street Journal | LOUISE RADNOFSKY | Posted 05.25.2011

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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...

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States Failing At Stimulus Accountability

The Huffington Post | Laura Dean | Posted 05.25.2011

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Before taking office, President-elect Barack Obama promised that when it comes to stimulus spending, "every American will be able to hold Washington a...

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Mark Sanford Asks For Stimulus Funds "Under Duress"

AP | JIM DAVENPORT | Posted 05.25.2011

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COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford requested stimulus cash for the state's schools Monday, telling the U.S. education secretary h...

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The Day My Union Died

Dennis Danziger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Governor Schwarzenegger, High School Dropouts, Stimulus Funds, California Proposition !A, Superintendent Ramon Cortines, United Teachers of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District, Teacher Strikes, Public School, Real Estate, Politics News

Our strike wasn't about us teachers asking for better health care or more money, we were going to protest Cortine's decision to hold back funds allotted for education.

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Sanford Gives In On Stimulus, Will Seek Funds For South Carolina

McClatchy | James Rosen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Gov. Mark Sanford will comply with a midnight Friday stimulus deadline and become the last governor in the nation to seek millions of dollars in feder...

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Alaska Legislators Going Around Palin To Get Stimulus Funds

Anchorage Daily News | Posted 05.25.2011

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Top Alaska legislators said Tuesday they're likely to accept at least most of the federal economic stimulus money that Gov. Sarah Palin did not....

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Bobby Jindal To Reject $98 Million In Stimulus Funds

CNN | Posted 05.25.2011

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In a budget proposal released Friday afternoon, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal indicated he is only rejecting $98 million of the federal stimulus funds ...

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America's Restored Funding to UNFPA Sends Strong Message to Women Worldwide

Thoraya Ahmed Obaid | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Developing Countries, Women's Health, Millennium Development Goals, Stimulus Funds, Foreign Affairs, United Nations, Advocacy, World News

As the head of UNFPA for the past eight years, I have traveled the world and can tell you that the issues of women's rights and reproductive health have in the past been egregiously neglected by the international community.

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Anger Rises Among Unemployed Over Govs Who Want To Reject Stimulus Funds

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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As governors in nine states, mostly in the South, consider rejecting millions of dollars in federal stimulus money for increased unemployment insuranc...

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Jindal Signals He May Refuse Stimulus Money For Louisiana

CBS | Posted 05.25.2011

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Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, a potential 2012 GOP presidential candidate, has suggested his state may not be interested in all of the roughly $4 b...

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