washingtonpost.com Opinions Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2009 Eugene Robinson Roll Over the Republicans We can’t let the economy crater while we wait for a compromise with the GOP. Shimon Peres One Region, Two States Two states, not one, will bring peace between Israel and the Palestinians. John F. Kerry A Race [...]
Archive for February 10th, 2009
10 Feb
Dueling Recovery Bills
thinkprogress.org ECONOMY Dueling Recovery Bills Last week, the Senate took up the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, an economic stimulus package aimed at boosting the tanking economy. The legislation that emerged from the Senate debate, which is up for a procedural vote today, is substantively different from that which passed the House in January. The [...]
10 Feb
Geithner v. The American Oligarchs By Simon Johnson – February 8, 2009, 7:58PM There comes a time in every economic crisis or, more specifically, in every struggle to recover from a crisis, when someone steps up to the podium to promise the policies that – they say – will deliver you back to growth. The [...]
10 Feb
Broad Brush Issues
Geithner: Banks Must Modify Loans money.cnn.com — U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told lawmakers that financial institutions that receive government assistance will have to make loan modifications and meet other new standards, according to Democratic sources. Geithner, during a briefing with House Democrats, was asked about a New York Times report that the Obama administration [...]
