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Blog Entries for Thursday, February 19
The Burris Forecast: Stormy
This was a brutal week for Sen. Roland Burris of Illinois. And he faces an even rougher time when he returns to Washington, D.C. next week.
Election Look Ahead - U.S. Senate
Just like the 2008 elections, Republicans are on the defensive when it comes to seats in the U.S. Senate, as five of their incumbents aren't running for re-election in 2010. Last year, no Democrats left the Senate, while six Republicans opted against a re-election bid. The result was Democrats won five ...
Election Look Ahead - U.S. House
Under the rubrik of "It's Never Too Early," we may as well take a peek over the horizon today when it comes to elections and the Congress. The House actually has two special elections coming up soon, which each party - if they win - will try to claim is ...
Blog Entries for Wednesday, February 18
The Dems Turn On Burris
It wasn't really the two House Democrats from Illinois who called on Sen. Roland Burris to resign that raised the biggest red flag on Wednesday. It was what the White House said. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs on the plane ride back to DC Wednesday made clear to reporters ...
Will The Louisiana Governor Say Sort Of No?
Next Tuesday night, Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana will give the Republican response to President Barack Obama's address to a joint session of Congress. We'll see if he's really a hot commodity by then. Jindal has been making some noise in recent days that he might reject economic stimulus money ...
Differences On The Mortgage Crisis
As one might expect, the delivery of President Obama's plan on the mortgage crisis didn't sit well with Republicans, while Democrats welcomed his actions. Did you really think there was going to be bipartisanship after the last election? Okay, I did find one Republican who had nice things to say. ...
Stimulus Oversight Overkill?
These figures go along with my blog entry on how much money in the stimulus is being spent on efforts to prevent waste, fraud and abuse. The Recovery and Accountability Board will get $84 million. The General Accountability Office - they are basically the investigative arm of Congress - will ...
Details Of The Obama Housing Plan
After holding tightly onto the details, the White House has now released some bullet points about what the new Obama Administration home foreclosure plan will do. Here are the White House talking points: Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan Executive Summary The deep contraction in the economy and in the ...
Blog Entries for Tuesday, February 17
More Bad News From Detroit
Back in November and December, there were a lot of voices in Congress that said General Motors and Chrysler would be looking for much more emergency aid in early 2009. Those critics were proven right yesterday as GM and Chrysler submitted their latest plans to the Treasury Department, as the ...
Sen. Burris, We Hardly Knew Ye
The new headline in the story of Sen. Roland Burris of Illinois tells it all - Burris Admits He Tried To Raise Money For Blagojevich. Blago being the former Illinois Governor who was thrown out of office by the Illinois Legislature for trying to sell the Senate seat of Barack ...
Stimulus On The Job
A number of industries are obviously affected by the economic stimulus law, one of them being real estate. One of those in that industry, Charlie Causey of McCar Homes in Cumming, Georgia sent me a quick reference guide that he put together for his fellow agents. He gave me the ...
Stimulus Waste Watchdogs
One thing that struck me about the economic stimulus bill that was signed into law Tuesday by President Obama was the amount of money being spent to prevent waste, fraud and abuse. A review I did found that it totals out to over 300 million dollars. On the front line of ...
Stimulus and Gun Control
One thing I really like about the internet is how fast information zips around the world. One thing I shake my head about when it comes to the internet is how much bad information zips around the world. Robert in South Carolina emailed me on Tuesday, wondering about talk he ...
The Stimulus By Congressional District
The White House has not only issued its estimates on how many jobs will be created/saved by the stimulus bill, but has boiled it down to all 435 U.S. House districts. State/Congressional District Estimated Effect Alabama 52,000 Congressional District 1 Alabama 7,400 Congressional District 2 Alabama 7,200 Congressional District 3 ...
White House Stimulus PR
The White House has issued a series of documents today to bolster their arguments on the economic stimulus bill. Here are the state by state numbers on jobs that will be created/saved by the plan. State Effect Alabama 52,000Alaska 8,000Arizona 70,000Arkansas 31,000California 396,000Colorado 59,000Connecticut 41,000Delaware 11,000DC 12,000Florida 206,000Georgia 106,000Hawaii 15,000Idaho 17,000Illinois 148,000Indiana 75,000Iowa 37,000Kansas 33,000Kentucky 48,000Louisiana 50,000Maine 15,000Maryland 66,000Massachusetts 79,000Michigan 109,000Minnesota 66,000Mississippi 30,000Missouri 69,000Montana 11,000Nebraska 23,000Nevada 34,000New Hampshire 16,000New Jersey 100,000New Mexico 22,000New York 215,000North Carolina 105,000North Dakota 8,000Ohio 133,000Oklahoma 40,000Oregon 44,000Pennsylvania 143,000Rhode Island 12,000South Carolina 50,000South Dakota 10,000Tennessee 70,000Texas 269,000Utah 32,000Vermont 8,000Virginia 93,000Washington 75,000West Virginia 20,000Wisconsin 70,000Wyoming 8,000
Blog Entries for Monday, February 16
A New Piece of Stimulus Bureaucracy
One thing that didn't get much attention as the economic stimulus bill made it through the Congress was a special oversight board that will watch the money that's being spent. Ladies and Gentleman, the Obama Administration presents, "The Recovery Act Accountability and Transparency Board." One very interesting part about this ...
Highway & Bridge Stimulus Money
As President Obama signs the stimulus bill into law in Denver, he will unleash billions of dollars for the states. Today, we'll take a look at the specifics for roads and bridges. Here is a list of the money going to every state and U.S. territory as estimated by the ...
The Stimulus Gold Rush
When President Barack Obama signs the economic stimulus bill into law today in Denver, he starts a rush for billions of dollars in federal aid. Much of the money will be handed out by pre-established formulas, so the basic dollar figures for some areas like highway and bridge funding are ...
Blog Entries for Sunday, February 15
Deep In The Stimulating Fine Print
I found a whole bunch of interesting stuff last week when the stimulus bill wen through the House and Senate. It didn't take too much work over the weekend to stumble on a few more things in the bill. First there was section 1604, which came right out of an ...
Showboat Versus Workhorse
The way I see it right now, Republicans have a chance to try to make themselves more relevant in the debate over the $787 billion stimulus plan approved last week by Congress. But it isn't easy. And most lawmakers want no part of it. What I'm talking about here is ...
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