The Swamp 3/25/09 4:15 PM by Mark Silva and Janet Hook President Barack Obama, pressing Congress for a record $3.55-trillion federal budget boosting spending on education, energy and health care, made a personal and private appeal today on Capitol Hill, where Democratic leaders are attempting to give the president much of what he seeks. “Vintage [...]
Archive for March 25th, 2009
25 Mar
Time To Dog The Dogs
Featured blog entries-CAF 3/18/09 5:22 AM Robert Borosage An Economy for All 501c(4) Blue Dogs Democratic Party Who stands in the way of the reforms vital to get us out of the deep hole we are in? Republicans, of course, have decided to be the party of “no,” staking their future on President Obama’s failure. [...]
25 Mar
Broad Brush Issues
TOM SULLIVAN Behold AIG Four years ago, I wrote a column describing the modern corporation as a science-fiction monster — an artificial life form neither biological nor technological, but legal, a soulless creation possessing only appetite and instinct. Behold AIG. TIM FERNHOLZ He Won’t Back Down prospect.org — Last night’s briefing showed one thing for [...]
25 Mar
Another McCain Throws Down a Challenge
Meghan McCain (Cheryl Senter – AP) By Kathleen Parker Wednesday, March 25, 2009; Page A15 The GOP’s identity crisis just got more interesting with the media splash of Meghan McCain, daughter of the senator who did not become president. Young McCain, who began blogging during her father’s presidential campaign, recently made waves at the Daily [...]
25 Mar
Broad Brush ISSUES
SEN. BERNIE SANDERS A Growing Outrage politico.com — The “Masters of the Universe” on Wall Street — through their greed, recklessness and illegal behavior — have plunged this country and much of the world into a deep recession, causing millions of Americans to lose their jobs, their homes, their savings and their hope for the [...]
25 Mar
Economic Snapshot for March 2009
Center for American Progress By Christian E. Weller | March 17, 2009 Download snapshot with full graphs (pdf) The U.S. economy is in the thick of its worst recession in decades. Job and wealth losses are accelerating, contributing to sharp increases in families’ economic distress. All private sectors of the economy—consumers, investment, and exports—are shrinking. [...]
25 Mar
The Importance of Assuring Affordable Health Care for All
Center for American Progress SOURCE: AP/Rich Pedroncelli Chris Taylor, a doctor, left, examines the ear of Richard Alvarez at the Las Palmas Health Clinic in Sacramento, CA. Lack of affordable health insurance undermines the health and economic security of many Americans. By Judy Feder | March 17, 2009 CAP Action Senior Fellow Judy Feder testifies [...]
25 Mar
Ask the Expert: Building a National Clean-Energy Smart Grid
By Bracken Hendricks | March 12, 2009 What is a national clean-energy smart grid? Why do we need a national clean-energy smart grid? And how do we implement a national clean-energy smart grid? Bracken Hendricks on a National Clean-Energy Smart Grid What is the national clean-energy smart grid? At the Center for American Progress, weÕre [...]
