Posted on February 27th, 2010 by Scott Nance
Millions of out-of-work Americans are poised to lose critical benefits due to the opposition of one Republican senator who would only agree to an extension of those benefits if they come out of federal economic stimulus dollars, according to the Senate’s top Democrat.
The Senate adjourned for the week with Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Ky.) continuing to [...]
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Posted on December 19th, 2008 by Stuart O'Neill
George Bush came through with a 17.4 billion dollar loan to GM and Chrysler. $13.4 billion will come from TARP funds in December and January. $4 billion will be available in February assuming the Congress authorizes the second half of the original $700 billion rescue package.
[Here's the White House 'Fact Sheet' on the loan package. [...]
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Posted on September 16th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
We’ve been so distracted in recent weeks by the nonsensical chatter in this election cycle that has been about everything but the issues. You know, it’s the constant stream of debating the lipstick, who’s a celebrity politician and the chant to “Drill, baby, drill” because the right wing has some wild fantasy that off shore [...]
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