Campaign for America’s Future. ROBERT BOROSAGE Time For The Senate To Act On Jobs January’s unemployment numbers show that while Wall Street bankers continue to thrive, American workers continue to suffer under a deep recession. The numbers should serve as a stark reminder to Congress that the time to act is now and our nation [...]
Archive for February 4th, 2010
4 Feb
Ditching health reform will only dig us into a deeper deficit
washingtonpost.com By David S. Broder Thursday, February 4, 2010 The economic collapse of 2008 and 2009 did so much damage to the United States that only now can we begin to measure the devastation. A sentence buried in the budget that President Obama submitted to Congress this week screamed for attention. “Household net worth fell [...]
4 Feb
GOP Is the Party That Thinks Helping the Poor and Hungry Is Like Feeding ‘Stray Animals’
AlterNet / By Jim Hightower Hightower: GOP Is the Party That Thinks Helping the Poor and Hungry Is Like Feeding ‘Stray Animals’ Where else can raw ignorance rise to such high places — and then flaunt itself shamelessly for all to see? February 4, 2010 American politics is a hoot! Where else can raw [...]
4 Feb
Today’s Broad Brush Issues
Campaign for America’s Future By Bill Scher February 4, 2010 – 8:41am ET How Small Is The Senate Jobs Bill? Senate to unveil jobs package today, refrain from specifying size. Reuters:“The package will include tax credits to spur hiring and equipment purchases, along with incentives for states to ramp up construction projects … It could [...]
4 Feb
Off-message, Biden recasts the Obama agenda
By E.J. Dionne Jr. Thursday, February 4, 2010 Vice President Biden is tired of seeing the Obama administration’s economic stimulus plan demeaned, derided and dismissed, and he wanted to talk about it. But a funny thing happened in the course of an interview at Biden’s White House office on Tuesday afternoon. The vice president’s passions [...]
4 Feb
Obama’s new realities
By Joan Vennochi February 4, 2010 NASHUA, N.H. WHO HAS more clout: Senator-elect Scott Brown or loyal supporters who still cheer wildly when President Obama talks about health care reform? Obama hit the New Hampshire campaign trail and promised that he wouldn’t “walk away’’ from health care. But is that a real promise to lead [...]
