by Bill Scher | Mar 30, 2009 | Uncategorized
Boom Lowered on Big Auto USA Today reports on new WH demands for an auto rescue plan: President Obama will announce Monday that his auto task force does not believe the plans General Motors (GM) and Chrysler delivered in February can result in viable companies and...
by Bill Scher | Mar 27, 2009 | Uncategorized
Budget Moves To Full Votes Next Week, Simple Majority Rule Still On Table Budget expected to pass next week. W. Post: "Voting along party lines yesterday in the Senate and late Wednesday in the House, the budget panels agreed to support a spending blueprint that would...
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 19, 2009 | Uncategorized
Obama Challenges Obstructionists On The Budget, as "Bayh Bloc" Forms President Obama confronts obstructionists over bold budget, at Costa Mesa town hall: THE PRESIDENT:: ...Now, there are those who say these plans are too ambitious; we should be trying to do less, not...
