Stimulus

Mark Sanford: Cheating SC Gov Says God Will Make Him Better

AP | SEANNA ADCOX | Posted 08.18.2009 | Politics


COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, still clinging to office after admitting to an extramarital affair, wrote in an opinion piece...

Federal Stimulus Helped States Plug Budgets: Govs

AP | EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS | Posted 08.18.2009 | Politics


BILOXI, Miss. — A bipartisan group of governors said Saturday that the federal stimulus package helped states avoid deep budget cuts during the ...

Arthur Delaney

1.5 Million To Exhaust Unemployment Benefits By The End Of The Year

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 08.17.2009 | Business


More than 500,000 Americans will exhaust their unemployment benefits by the end of September. And by the end of the year, the number will near 1.5 mil...

New York's Untouched Stimulus Money: Billions Remain Unspent

AP | Posted 08.16.2009 | New York


ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Even as New York rushes to spend hundreds of millions of dollars in federal stimulus money for roads and bridges, billions more a...

Stimulus Impact on Eight U.S. Cities

ProPublica | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics


ProPublica

The success of the economic stimulus package depends on what happens in U.S. cities. As part of our effort to track the stimulus from bill to building, ProPublica is watching eight locales for a feature called StimCities.

Nassim Taleb, Black Swan Author: What We Should Do About Debt

ft.com | Nassim Nicholas Taleb | Posted 08.14.2009 | Business


The core of the problem, the unavoidable truth, is that our economic system is laden with debt, about triple the amount relative to gross domestic pro...

Barney Frank On The Daily Show: Don't Call It Stimulus (VIDEO)

Posted 08.14.2009 | Business


Dealbreaker points us to Barney Frank's appearance on the Daily Show last night. Frank was in a jovial mood, even at one point invoking the spirit of ...

Stimulus Funds Go To Improving Energy In Texas

myhighplains.com | Posted 08.13.2009 | Green


More than 218-million-dollars in federal stimulus funds are being made available to Texas for public sector energy improvements....

AIG Bonus Recipients Upbeat About Economy

Andy Borowitz | Posted 07.13.2009 | Comedy


Andy Borowitz

Mr. Harbock says that his consumer confidence has also taken a positive turn since receiving his bonus check, which totaled $5.4 million.

Stimulus Money May Finally Flow To Green Energy

forbes.com | Brian S. Wesbury and Robert Stein | Posted 08.13.2009 | Green


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 ...

Stimulus Money Goes To Nissan, Ford, Tesla

ecogeek.org | Posted 08.13.2009 | Green


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 ...

The Stimulus We Need

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 08.13.2009 | Politics


Stephen C. Rose

We need a vision that will excite businesses and alert them to where investments can be fruitfully made. A vision that exudes confidence about the future.

Ensign Favors Stimulus of His Package

Andy Borowitz | Posted 07.12.2009 | Comedy


Andy Borowitz

"I misread my package's needs," the senator said. "It needs significantly more stimulus than I originally thought."

Obama: We Don't Need A Second Stimulus (VIDEO)

AP | MATT APUZZO | Posted 08.11.2009 | Politics


(AP) WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Saturday dismissed the idea the nation might need a second stimulus to jolt the economy out of reces...

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

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


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...

Is The Third Time The Charm?

Harry Moroz | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics


Harry Moroz

The dismal unemployment report released last week inspired renewed interest in a second economic stimulus, and economists, from Krugman to Feldstein, have led the charge for another injection.

Dems Launch Stimulus Offensive To Counter GOP Criticism

The HIll | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics


The Democrats are fighting back on the GOP's stimulus criticism. The majority party is no longer content just to let the stimulus debate play out in ...

Second Stimulus: How Would It Go Down?

Slate Magazine | Christopher Beam | Posted 08.08.2009 | Business


Rumblings about a second stimulus package began over the weekend, when Vice President Joe Biden told George Stephanopoulos on This Week that the admin...

Power Of Stimulus Slow To Take Hold As Rising Unemployment Blunts Obama's Recovery Plan

Washington Post | Lori Montgomery | Posted 08.07.2009 | Politics


Five months after Congress approved a massive package of spending and tax cuts aimed at reviving an ailing economy, the jobless rate is still climbing...

Did Team Obama Get It Wrong On The Stimulus?

McClatchy | Kevin G. Hall and David Lightman | Posted 08.07.2009 | Politics


Should the federal government be doing more to help the economy regain its footing? That's the question du jour following a dismal June employment rep...

Sheldon Whitehouse: Second Stimulus "Probably Needed"

ABC News | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics


As job losses mount, Democrats are growing impatient about the impact of the massive stimulus package passed earlier this year, with talk beginning on...

Biden: "My Rear End Is On The Line" With The Stimulus

TIME | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics


Fueled by Coke Zero and a double-chocolate protein bar, Vice President Joe Biden is roiling, ranting, being his usual self. Five mayors and county exe...

We Could Get the Third Stimulus Wrong

Harry Moroz | Posted 08.01.2009 | Business


Harry Moroz

The need for federal aid for states is indisputable. But there are better ways to target stimulus funds than with a grant program like General Revenue Sharing.

California Misses Deadline, May Now Have To Issue IOUs

AP | JUDY LIN | Posted 08.01.2009 | Politics


SACRAMENTO, Calif. — States from coast to coast began a new fiscal year Wednesday with no budget plans and with cash quickly running out, sendin...

Some Hard-Hit States Get Less Stimulus Money

Wall Street Journal | LOUISE RADNOFSKY | Posted 07.31.2009 | Politics


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...