Mitt Romney Makes The Case For Boosting Aggregate Demand In His Announcement...
As a former Mitt Romney 2002 voter and someone who continues to be a fan of his eloquent defense of abortion rights, I’m heartened that in his announcement video former governor Romney continues to...
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Rep John Mica’s Quest For Art Museum Funding Underscores The Case For Bills...
Representative John Mica of Florida has assembled a very orthodox conservative voting record sine the inauguration of Barack Obama. He voted against the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, he...
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After Demanding Repeal Of Stimulus, GOP Rep. Long Attends Ceremony For...
During his campaign for Congress last year, freshman Rep. Billy Long (R-MO) called for a complete repeal of President Obama’s stimulus program. “I hope that Congress will admit they made a mistake and...
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Media Snipes At Obama’s Continued Clean Jobs Push
Today, President Barack Obama is meeting with his Council on Jobs and Competitiveness at the North Carolina headquarters of Cree Inc., a leading manufacturer of LED technology. Obama has spent his...
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Sen. Shelby Falsely Claims Stimulus Package’s $288 Billion In Tax Cuts Were...
Not surprisingly, Republican lawmakers have uniformly come out against President Obama’s plan to pay down the deficit in part by raising taxes on the wealthy. But Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) had an...
View ArticleDOE Approves $1.1 Billion In Solar Loans As Deadline Nears
The Department of Energy has approved two loan guarantees worth more than $1 billion for solar energy projects in Nevada and Arizona, two days before the expiration date of the Recovery Act clean...
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The Era Of Shrinking Government
You don’t hear much about this in the mainstream media, but here’s what’s happened in the American economy over the past 10 years: I think that if a Democrat had been in office from 2001-2008 and then...
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Inspector General Finds 0.07 Percent Rate Of Fraud In Energy Stimulus Spending
Gregory H. FriedmanThe Department of Energy has had a remarkably low rate of fraud in its rapid distribution of billions of dollars in Recovery Act funds, the department’s Inspector General has found....
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Report: The Recovery Act Saved Thousands Of Americans From Homelessness
The Great Recession has steadily eaten away at the economic security of many Americans. Facing stagnant wages, growing unemployment, and rising health care costs, nearly 50 percent of Americans are...
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VIDEO: Three Years Since The Stimulus, A Look At Its Success
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, better known as the stimulus, became law three years ago this week, signed by President Obama less than a month into his presidency. At the time, financial...
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‘Ohio Manufacturers For Romney’ Received Nearly $1.6 Million In Stimulus Funds
In an effort to head off former Sen. Rick Santorum’s push on manufacturing in the key Super Tuesday state of Ohio, Mitt Romney this morning announced an “Ohio Manufacturers for Romney” coalition. A...
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Republican Congressman Touts Companies That Benefited From Stimulus
Rep. Charlie Dent (R-PA) Every single Republican in the House and the overwhelming majority of Republican in the Senate — with the exception of Sens. Olympia Snowe (R-ME), Susan Collins (R-ME), and...
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Building Better Neighborhoods: A Success Story On Innovation, Jobs And...
by Bracken Hendricks and Adam James Question: What is the Department of Energy doing to address the fact that American homeowners and businesses spend about $300 billion on energy bills per year?...
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Paul Ryan Claims He Didn’t Know He Signed Letters Asking For Stimulus Funds
During an interview with Fox News’ Carl Cameron on Saturday, Paul Ryan tried to explain why he denied requesting stimulus funds for a local energy company in 2009 after voting against and demagoguing...
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After Criticizing The Stimulus, Romney Will Campaign At A New Mexico Company...
Tomorrow Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is scheduled to campaign in Hobbs, New Mexico, where he has said he will be “describing a comprehensive energy plan.” The speech will be at...
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Ann Romney To Visit Cancer Center That Benefited From Stimulus Funds
Ann Romney, a breast cancer survivor, will visit the Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida on Wednesday — which has received millions from the stimulus (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act). Her...
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VIEWPOINT: How Obama Made Small Change Go Big
“Hope and change,” the ’08 Obama promised. It sounds like a bitter joke to many now. What change have we seen, they ask. What hope should we have? Bunches of it. Though it may seem that Obama’s...
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EXCLUSIVE: The GOP’s New ‘Anti-Stimulus’ Senator Sought Stimulus Funds
Senator-Designate Tim Scott (R-SC)On Wednesday, ThinkProgress exclusively reported that Senator-Designate Tim Scott (R-SC) used a controversial method of securing federal contracts and grants for his...
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Americans Support Job Creation To Fix Crumbling Infrastructure
Seventy-two percent of Americans say they support spending government money to put people to work on urgent infrastructure repairs, according to a new survey by Gallup. The same number say they would...
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The Other Health Care Reform Law Of Obama’s Presidency Is A Runaway Success
(Credit: Shutterstock) It’s not talked about too often, but Barack Obama actually signed two health care reform bills in his first term. Obamacare may get all the media attention — but the Health...
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