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Spending Bill Easing Cuba Restrictions Passes Congress (The Tampa Tribune)

March 10th, 2009 · Comments Off · Main Content

Congress is sending President Barack Obama a massive bill funding domestic programs and awarding lawmakers their cherished pet projects after more than a week of partisan debate.

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Much Ado About Obama and Embryonic Stem Cells

March 10th, 2009 · Comments Off · Main Content

In a move that shocked no one, President Barack Obama reversed President George W. Bush’s executive order to ban government-funded human embryonic stem cell (ESC) research on new embryonic stem cell strains. This decision has caused many to rejoice and many to lament.Some question the timing: lifting the stem cell resear

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Economic Experts to Obama: Focus on the Fundamentals

March 9th, 2009 · Comments Off · Main Content

In sports, championship-caliber teams all have at least one characteristic in common: They’re able to focus on the fundamentals. With the U.S. unemployment rate jumping to its highest level in a quarter century in February, it’s become abundantly clear that that the U.S. recession is much deeper than President Barack Obama anticipated, meaning it’s likely that additional measures will be undertaken to arrest the slide and restart growth. Many experts are now calling for the Obama

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Picking Apart The President

February 25th, 2009 · Comments Off · Main Content

Key comments from President Barack Obama address last night, before a joint session of Congress, need to examined so we may get a better understanding of the President’s thinking and the direction in which he would like to take the economy. Selected excerpts of his speech are below with comments by me, under each excerpt. The fact is, our economy did not fall into decline overnight. Nor did all of our problems begin when the housing market collapsed or the stock market sank. We have known fo

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Congress readies final vote on $790 billion stimulus bill (Grand Forks Herald)

February 13th, 2009 · Comments Off · Main Content

McCain: Legislation is ‘nothing short of generational theft’ Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said today that Congress is nearly finished with a massive, $790 billion economic stimulus plan giving President Barack Obama a big victory, but not everything he wanted. Advertisement: General Equipment & Supplies Leica Builder. Find out what it can do for you! Starting at $5405, with …

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