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Gates Seeks Military Budget Reform … But It Is Enough? NYT: "Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates announced a major reshaping of the Pentagon budget on Monday, with deep cuts in many traditional weapons systems but new billions of dollars for others, along with...

Obama Housing Plan To Be Announced Today NYT's David Leonhardt previews: …the key to understanding that plan will be remembering that there are two different groups of homeowners who are at risk of foreclosure. The first group is made up of people who cannot...

Obama Housing Plan To Be Announced Today NYT's David Leonhardt previews: …the key to understanding that plan will be remembering that there are two different groups of homeowners who are at risk of foreclosure. The first group is made up of people who cannot...

Light Up The Phones! Call your Senators toll-free at 1-866-544-7573 and demand immediate passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. OurFuture.org's Bernie Horn, "Stand Up and Fight!": "Here in Washington, D.C., the word on the street is that the Right is...

Republicans Increasingly Critical Of Economic Recovery Plan W. Post lists Republican complaints about the American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan: "Sen. Arlen Specter (Pa.), who gave Vice President Biden a 17-page list of spending requests, said he opposes the...

ALERT: Horrific Job Losses In December New job numbers released this AM by Bureau of Labor Statistics are horrifying. 524,000 jobs lost in December. 2.6M jobs lost in 2008, majority in past four months. Manufacturing losses near 800,000 since Dec. 2007. Unemployment...

ALERT: Horrific Job Losses In December New job numbers released this AM by Bureau of Labor Statistics are horrifying. 524,000 jobs lost in December. 2.6M jobs lost in 2008, majority in past four months. Manufacturing losses near 800,000 since Dec. 2007. Unemployment...

Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to effect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security. MORNING MESSAGE: Bad Debt Limit...

Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to effect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security. Morning Message: A Jobs Bill...

Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to affect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security. Bill Scher is off this week. Senate...