by U.S. REP. KEVIN BRADY
Aug. 19, 2009, 8:34PM
At the six month anniversary of President Barack Obama’s signature “achievement” — the $787 billion stimulus measure — it’s important to separate economic fact from fiction.
While persuading Democratic lawmakers to pass the massive spending bill without reading it, the White House promised the stimulus would provide “an [...]
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Connie Mack, R-Fort Myers, issued the following statement today on the six-month anniversary of the $787 billion economic stimulus bill being signed into law.
Mack said:
“The vast majority of Americans agree: the Democrats’ stimulus plan has been an absolute failure.
“Since the stimulus was signed into law, over two million Americans have lost [...]
By Mark Z. Barabak
1:11 PM PDT, May 27, 2009
Reporting from Las Vegas — When pundits and reporters set out to chart the progress of the Obama administration at 100 days, some in the White House disparaged the exercise as a foolish contrivance focused on a meaningless marker. But today the White House conjured up its [...]
by Jamie Downey from Boston.com
On February 17, 2009, President Obama signed into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. It is one of the largest pieces of legislation in U.S. history with a total price tag of $787 billion. That is an additional $2,600 of per capita national debt for every man, women [...]
By APRIL CASTRO and JIM VERTUNO Associated Press Writers © 2009 The Associated Press
AUSTIN, Texas — State leaders are beginning to learn exactly where Texas’ $17 billion share of the federal stimulus money is slated to go, including millions to educate homeless children and help poor families pay for child care.
Now lawmakers have to [...]
FOXNews.com
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
After passing President Obama’s $787 billion stimulus bill in record time, Congress barely gets time to catch its breath before debating another massive spending bill.
When lawmakers return Monday from a weeklong Presidents Day recess, they will have only two weeks to pass a $410 billion spending bill designed to keep [...]
From CNN Associate Producer Martina Stewart
CNN) – Arizona Sen. John McCain did not pull any punches in assessing a major milestone in his former rival’s nascent presidency.
Watch: McCain on State of the Union
“It was a bad beginning,” McCain said Sunday of the legislative process that resulted in the $787 billion stimulus bill recently passed by [...]
By Michael A. Fletcher and William Branigin
Washington Post Staff Writers
Tuesday, February 17, 2009; 5:08 PM
DENVER, Feb. 17 — President Obama ventured 1,700 miles from Washington Tuesday to sign into law a $787 billion stimulus package aimed at reviving the nation’s moribund economy and “keeping the American dream alive in our time.”
Obama signed the massive, [...]
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) — U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday signed a 787-billion-dollar economic stimulus bill into law in Denver, Colorado, calling it the first step to pave the way to long-term growth.
The sweeping economic rescue package, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, is designed to jolt the ailing U.S. [...]
Barack Obama breaks his campaign promise to cut capital-gains taxes for small business. Senior economics writer Stephen Moore explains. (Feb. 10) from Wall Street Journal
