Despite the Russian government stating that the economy is on the rebound.... The Health and Social Development Ministry announced massive layoffs by the end of the year from GAZ and Aeorflot. Some areas expect 75%...
Barack Obama faces circumstances much like FDR did in the 1930's when he pushed the New Deal through Congress . "Barack Obama's health care reform policy must be pushed through Congress . The public option will be included . There is no other way . Much like FDR pushed his...
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Columnist Clifford Bryan talks about unemployment rates and the unemployed on Labor Day . "The Barack Obama administration stimulus package saved us from a depression and stopped a recession . The one question people are asking , where are the jobs? With unemployment rates at...
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In the US, citizens and populists of the left and right have cried out for a "Buy American" clause in the various stimulus bills, lest the money of the taxpayers be spent stimulating non-American steel mills and...
Governor Sarah Palin was once again bashing President Obama again for his government stimulus package, which she quietly accepted a few weeks ago. But then she made a startling statement that Alaskans may...
In Boston, the people have had enough and are not going to take it anymore. The gates leading to the front door of the Massachusetts State House were closed tight and padlocked on April 15, 2009 when citizens from...
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President Obama will make history with an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno tonight. In the prerecorded segment Obama and Leno will discuss the economy, AIG, the recession/depression debate, and the...
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The 2008 Stimulus/Rebate program saw stimulus checks of $600 sent out directly to Americans but there will be no second checks to cash in 2009. The average individual or family will not see a stimulus check...
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$3.6 billion dollars from the economic stimulus is to go to green energy projects in the US Military, but about $20 billion dollars overall is going towards green energy projects in general. However, in the US Military there already has been some significant improvements to...
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Following a contentious journey through Congress, the $787 billion Economic Stimulus Package was signed by President Barack Obama in Denver, Colorado at 1:23pm local time, flanked by Vice President Joseph Biden and...
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The $787 billion stimulus plan outlined in Obama’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is a multifaceted approach to reviving the US economy. Republicans have openly panned the package as a band aid...
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Only by partisan and non-progressive standards can the preliminary passing of this week's stimulus package be called a "victory" for the new Obama administration. Both the political process and its analysis and commentary in the media was a feast for the demons of politics as...
" This just appeared on the House Servers, to the best of my knowledge it is the correct version… Not sure how folks are expected to go through 424 pages before 9am when the debate starts, but it is what it is....
Sunday, February 8, 2009 - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Comes Home To Serve 35 Millionth Meal at St. Anthony's Dining Room -San Francisco Daily Lunch for our City's homeless, poor and hungry was served a little late...
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Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman is demanding that Barack Obama apologoize for remarks the President made during his February 9, 2009 town hall meeting in Elkhart, Indiana. While rallying support for his...
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