Congressional Republicans have been pressuring Democrats to give them 48 hours to review the stimulus package before a vote is called. The bill has y...
AP | Posted 03.15.2009 | Politics
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. — The Rev. Al Sharpton criticized Democrats on Wednesday for "diluting" education portions of the economic stimulus bill in orde...
AP | BEN FELLER | Posted 03.15.2009 | Politics
EAST PEORIA, Ill. — President Barack Obama on Thursday pitched his economic plan at a Caterpillar Inc. plant reeling from layoffs, his message b...
Warren Goldstein | Posted 03.14.2009 | Politics
The brouhaha over Citigroup's naming rights to the new Mets stadium taps into intense feelings, not only about a storied baseball franchise, but also about the economic mess we're in.
HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 03.14.2009 | Politics
It pays to be the man in the middle. When the Senate reached a $780 billion stimulus deal with three Republican senators, the final package included t...
AP | BEN FELLER | Posted 03.14.2009 | Business
WASHINGTON — With a breakthrough deal zooming toward his signature, President Barack Obama on Wednesday thanked lawmakers of both parties for re...
The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 03.14.2009 | Politics
Propping up banks on the backs of taxpayers is both costly and unnecessary, according to Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz. In reality, ba...
AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 03.14.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Moving with lightning speed, the Democratic-controlled Congress and White House agreed Wednesday on a compromise $790 billion econo...
Business Journal | Posted 03.14.2009 | Politics
U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said Tuesday he is definitely running for reelection in 2010 and has begun using criticism of the $838 billion federal...
Newsweek | Howard Fineman | Posted 03.13.2009 | Politics
The vast grid of streets here in New Orleans, laid out long ago on grassy bottomland near a waterway, remains eerily devoid of houses. Modest bungalow...
Politico | Andy Barr | Posted 03.13.2009 | Politics
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee warned supporters Tuesday that the $828 billion stimulus package is "anti-religious." In an email that was also po...
Washington Independent | Posted 03.13.2009 | Politics
Republicans began this week on an upswing, confident that their unanimous vote in the House and lopsided vote in the Senate against the Democrats' ...
AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 03.13.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Senate passage of an $838 billion stimulus bill triggered an intense round of late-night bargaining on Tuesday, with the White Hous...
AP | JENNIFER LOVEN | Posted 03.13.2009 | Politics
FORT MYERS, Fla. — President Barack Obama has gone from worrying about bipartisanship to worrying about re-election. He was on the road again T...
HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 03.12.2009 | Politics
The stimulus package stumbling through Congress may have taken a beating on cable and in the national press, but the story's been much different outsi...
The Huffington Post | Posted 03.12.2009 | Politics
Senators Ben Nelson (D-NE) and Susan Collins (R-ME) have reached a compromise on a stimulus bill that will be voted on Tuesday. A procedural vote on t...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.12.2009 | Media
Even as the media continues to cast the stimulus saga as one of mounting pressure on President Obama to deliver the bill, public opinion remains squarely behind the President's effort.
The Hill | Posted 03.11.2009 | Politics
A Democratic interest group that has been targeted Republican Senators opposed to the stimulus plan has now invested in a new set of ads, honing in on...
New York Times | Posted 03.11.2009 | Politics
Once upon a time, America thought Prince Charming would glide in and kiss her, reviving her from a coma induced by a poison apple of greed, deceit, ca...
Washington Post | Michael D. Shear and Anne E. Kornblut | Posted 03.10.2009 | Politics
Beset by criticism of an alleged ethical double standard over some of his Cabinet choices and an intensifying partisan debate over his economic recove...
New York Times | Paul Krugman | Posted 03.10.2009 | Politics
I'm still working on the numbers, but I've gotten a fair number of requests for comment on the Senate version of the stimulus. The short answer: to a...
AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 03.09.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — With job losses soaring nationwide, Senate Democrats reached agreement with a small group of Republicans Friday night on an economi...
Media Matters | Posted 03.09.2009 | Politics
Media Matters for America previously identified numerous myths and falsehoods advanced by the media in their coverage of the American Recovery and Rei...
Leighann Lord | Posted 03.09.2009 | Comedy
When The Stimulus Plan left the House of Representatives, it was clocking in at 1,788 pages. For a bit of perspective, War and Peace - the longest novel in literary history - is 1,463 pages and is only slightly less boring.
HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 03.09.2009 | Politics
Wall Street bankers, with their $18 billion in bonuses, private jets and gaudy conferences, are causing headaches for the GOP. President Obama has pr...
HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 03.15.2009 | Politics