By ROGER C. ALTMAN | 3/30/09 4:32 AM EDT Peter Orszag, Barack Obama’s budget director, has his work cut out for him. Photo: AP Only 70 days old, the Obama administration has acted boldly and swiftly on the severe economic and financial crisis that it inherited. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, passed just after [...]
Archive for March, 2009
30 Mar
Public Opinion Snapshot: Strong Support for Clean Energy Economy
Center for American Progress By Ruy Teixeira | March 30, 2009 One of the Obama administration’s key objectives is making the transition to a clean energy economy, a priority that is amply reflected in the budget currently being debated in Congress. As with the administration’s other priorities, this one enjoys very strong public support. In [...]
30 Mar
A New Strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan
White House.gov Blog Feed 3/27/09 10:32 AM The White House download .mp4 | also available here | read the transcript “Good morning,” began the President today. “Today, I am announcing a comprehensive, new strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan. And this marks the conclusion of a careful policy review, led by Bruce [Reidel], that I ordered as [...]
30 Mar
White House Forum on Health Reform Report
Monday, March 30th, 2009 at 10:04 am White House Forum on Health Reform Report We welcome Director of the White House Office of Health Reform Nancy-Ann DeParle for a guest blog post announcing the new White House Forum on Health Reform report. You can read regular updates and submit comments on health reform at www.HealthReform.gov. It’s one thing for [...]
29 Mar
Congress: Tell Them in Person April 4 – 19 – A list of ideas…
The listing below represents Dave Swanson’s position on a number of items, some of which I support. Whether you support them or not, let your representatives know where you stand on these issues. Jim O’ david@davidswanson.org Congress: Tell Them in Person April 4 – 19 A list of ideas… It’s just spring, when the world [...]
25 Mar
‘Vintage Obama:’ Budget kickoff in Senate
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 [...]
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 [...]
