by Bill Scher | Mar 26, 2009 | Uncategorized
House, Senate Budgets Leave Key Details For Later The Hill on how Congress is trying to save fights over health care and climate for later: "Though the budget plans put forth by Obama, Spratt and Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) are largely...
by Bill Scher | Mar 25, 2009 | Uncategorized
President Makes Case For Bold Budget At prime-time presser, President Obama responds to whether he'd accept budget without cap on carbon pollution and middle-class tax cut: JAKE TAPPER (ABC): ... Senate Democrats are writing a budget ... they're not including the...
by Bill Scher | Mar 24, 2009 | Uncategorized
Targeting The Obstructionists Hotline On Call previews next stage in Campaign for America's Future effort to pressure obstructionists to support Obama budget: "Campaign for America's Future co-director Robert Borosage and USAction president William McNary will join...
by Bill Scher | Mar 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
Toxic Assets Plan Announced Bloomberg provides the overview: "Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, who will unveil the Public Private Investment Program today, has crafted an approach using up to $100 billion of bailout money to spur investment funds to purchase --...
by Bill Scher | Mar 20, 2009 | Uncategorized
Blue Dogs Struggle To Avoid Obstructionist Rep Bloomberg captures the Blue Dog spin to appear constructive: "'I want the president to succeed but at the same time I don’t want our country to continue down the same road it has been going for the last eight years,' said...
