by Bill Scher | Mar 10, 2009 | Blog, Rick Perlstein
EFCA Introduced Today Bloomberg reports Sen. Tom Harkin and Rep. George Miller will introduce the Employee Free Choice Act today and that Dem Sens. Bayh, Bingaman, Landrieu, Lincoln, Nelson (Neb.) and Pryor remain uncommitted. Media Matters: "USA Today, Politico...
by Bill Scher | Mar 9, 2009 | Uncategorized
Calls For Additional Stimulus Krugman warns: "...Mr. Obama’s promise that his plan will create or save 3.5 million jobs by the end of 2010 looks underwhelming, to say the least. It’s a credible promise — his economists used solidly mainstream estimates of the impacts...
by Bill Scher | Mar 6, 2009 | Blog
The Washington Post had an interesting lead sentence for its coverage of the White House health care summit: "...President Obama yesterday reiterated his pledge to enact comprehensive legislation this year, an ambitious undertaking many say is further complicated by...
by Bill Scher | Mar 6, 2009 | Uncategorized
Unemployment Jumps To 8.1% Bureau of Labor Statistics this AM reports big jump in unemployment: "The sharp and widespread contraction in the labor market continued in February. Nonfarm payroll employment fell by 651,000, following declines of 681,000 in December and...
by Bill Scher | Mar 5, 2009 | Uncategorized
Health Care Summit Today Reuters: "President Barack Obama takes on healthcare reform at a White House forum on Thursday, seeking to design an overhaul of a costly and inefficient system he believes is threatening the U.S. economy ... The president has not presented a...
