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Friends, in Need: Obama Faces Backlash on Jobs, Economy

Maybe health care is the easy part. Not quite easy, fine. But getting 60 votes on Saturday is, at the moment, among the least of the worries for an administration that's left on the lookout for its friends.

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November 20, 2009 in Afghanistan, Congress, Democratic party, Health Care, Obama Agenda, President Obama, Republican Party, Senate, Stimulus, The Note | Permalink | User Comments (124)

North Dakotans Have Low Unemployment, Lots of Stimulus Money

Poring over data on the government’s recovery.gov website unveils not only phantom congressional districts and questionablejob totals. It also shows states with low unemployment and stable stage governments are getting lots of stimulus money per resident.

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November 18, 2009 in Stimulus | Permalink | User Comments (6)

House Dems Prepare Jobs Bill - But Don't Call it ‘Stimulus'

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer told reporters Tuesday that House Democratic leaders are working on passing a new jobs bill before the end of the year.

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November 17, 2009 in Democratic party, Stimulus | Permalink | User Comments (16)

Florida's Crist Hammered for Backpedalling on Obama's Stimulus

Florida Gov. Charlie Crist's (R) embrace of President Obama's economic stimulus package is continuing to dog the moderate Republican's bid for the U.S. Senate.

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November 5, 2009 in President Obama, Stimulus | Permalink | User Comments (7)

Obama Econ Adviser Touts Better Than Expected Jobs Losses

UPDATE: After this story first posted, Mr. Goolsbee contacted ABC News to clarify his use of the word “market” to mean the employment forecasting market as opposed to the stock market. ABC News updated the headline and the story to...

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September 4, 2009 in Congress, Obama Agenda, President Obama, Stimulus, Top Line | Permalink | User Comments (8)

'Clunkers' Program Hits a Speed Bump

The effort to inject another two billion dollars into Cash for Clunkers has hit a potential road block in the Senate that could kill the bill. Republiicans are throwing their support behind an amendment offered by Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, that would limit clunker rebates to individuals with annual incomes of 50 K or less. With Republican support the amendment stands a good chance of passing unless the majority of Democrats, who mostly favor the amendment, vote against it.

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August 6, 2009 in Stimulus | Permalink | User Comments (186)

Romer Optimistic on Stimulus, Not so on Employment

Chair of Council of Economic Advisors Christina Romer gave the administration’s standard defense of its $787 billion economic stimulus program, just short of its six-month anniversary.

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August 6, 2009 in Stimulus | Permalink | User Comments (2)

Republicans Stepping up Anti-Stimulus Rhetoric

The Congress people all suffer from high unemployment in their states and pointed to a GAO report released this week that shows many of the areas with the highest unemployment are receiving proportionally less stimulus money. In large part, this is due to the formula by which the funds have been dispersed.

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July 10, 2009 in Stimulus | Permalink | User Comments (17)