Claire McCaskill has come up with a novel idea – cap the bonuses companies that are receiving federal aide can pay out: Under the bill by McCaskill, an early endorser of Obama’s presidential candidacy, employees would not be able to make more money than the U.S. president — $400,000 a year — until their companies […]
Ignore the stimulus for a minute, and look at some other legislation that took place this week. Nate Silver has highlighted it and shown how there is a major divide between Senate Republicans and House Republicans: It’s not just the goose egg that the House Republicans laid on the Democratic stimulus package yesterday: Boehner’s Boys […]
The TARP was passed as an emergency life line to troubled banks, but read this: A small but growing number of community banks are backing out of the government’s bailout, which they see as fraught with hidden strings and government interference. About 20 banks so far that applied for or had been approved to receive […]
Looks like they could be facing a natural disaster up north: Hardware stores and auto parts shops scored a post-holiday run of business this week as Anchorage-area residents stocked up on protective eyewear and masks ahead of a possible eruption of Mount Redoubt. Monitoring earthquakes underneath the 10,200-foot Redoubt Volcano about 100 miles southwest of […]
And by a crafty political move. Reports are that Obama is considering appointing Sen. Judd Gregg (R-HN) to become the Commerce Secretary. New Hampshire’s governor would then have to appoint a replacement for Gregg and the governor just so happens to be a Democrat. What a move and one I don’t think anyone saw coming.
The last week of the Bush legacy gave us a new record: The number of people remaining on the benefits roll after drawing an initial week of aid, or continued claims, rose 159,000 to a higher-than-forecast 4.776 million in the week ended Jan 17, the most recent week for which data is available. The Labor […]
PETA submitted an AD to be aired during the Super Bowl, which NBC rejected. Here is the ad in question: ‘Veggie Love’: PETA’s Banned Super Bowl Ad Actually I love this ad. I think it sells great, and it’s nothing more than we would see in any other ad. But it turns out there might […]
Between doing my daily work and shoveling snow yesterday, I watched Andrea Mitchell on MSNBC. During her show she had 3 Republicans on to talk about the stimulus bill, as compared to 0 Democrats. Looks like the bi-partisanship memo never got delivered to the media. Think Progress tracked this on all networks and found that […]
That has been the constant message from Republicans over the past several days when it comes to the stimulus package. Digby even picked up on it: Can someone explain to me why I’m seeing Republican after Republican on television advising Americans on the right way to run the economy? Is there any reason why we […]