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Progressive Breakfast - 2/4/2009

Focus Quickly Returns To Economic Recovery W. Post claims resistance in the Senate to a larger bill (after, per NYT, Senate votes for a larger bill): Senate Democratic leaders conceded yesterday that they do not have the votes to pass the stimulus bill as currently...

Are We Doing the Bidding of Conservatives?

Before the election, my colleague Rick Perlstein counseled the next president to embrace a big and bold liberal agenda immediately after entering office, in the mold of Presidents Franklin Roosevelt and Lyndon Johnson, or else the opportunity for real change would be...

Progressive Breakfast - 2/3/2009

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...

Insurance Lobby Loses Lone Argument

With Congress expected to address comprehensive health care reform this year, and with momentum squarely behind securing coverage for all through a public plan option that competes with private plans, the insur

Progressive Breakfast - 2/2/2009

Senate Debate on Econ Recovery Starts Today. More Infrastructure On Tap? Call your Senators toll-free at 1-866-544-7573 and demand immediate passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. NYT: "Senators of both parties also said on Sunday that they expected a...

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