by Bill Scher | Jan 30, 2009 | Uncategorized
ALERT: GDP PLUMMETS in 4Q Reuters reports: "The economy shrank at its fastest pace in nearly 27 years in the fourth quarter, government data showed, sinking deeper into recession as consumers and business cut spending. The Commerce Department on Friday said gross...
by Bill Scher | Jan 29, 2009 | Blog
Apparently, House Republicans are so proud of themselves, they are trying to raise campaign dollars off their votes opposing economic help for everybody else. I just received an email from GOP Rep. Pete Sessions, the chairman of the National Republican Congressional...
by Bill Scher | Jan 29, 2009 | Uncategorized
House Backs Econ Recovery Plan WSJ: “The House bill expands access to health care for the unemployed, represents perhaps the largest expansion of the federal government's role in education financing ever and begins what Mr. Obama has promised will be a push toward...
by Bill Scher | Jan 28, 2009 | Blog
The House is debating the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act on the floor as I write this. And the conservative minority is employing the same tactics that have led them into the minority: failed ideas wrapped in fresh lies. The big lie/talking point being...
by Bill Scher | Jan 28, 2009 | Uncategorized
House Vote Today AP: President Barack Obama's expansive and expensive plan to jump-start the economy is all but certain to clear its first hurdle when the Democratic-controlled House votes on a $825 billion version that melds new spending and tax cuts. Republican...
