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GOP senators draft stimulus alternative
Seattle :: WA :: USA | 10 months ago
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A group of Republican senators drafted an alternative stimulus measure that narrows government spending to infrastructure programs and helping unemployed Americans, addresses the housing crisis and relies mostly on tax cuts. The $713 billion plan was...
Tags: US Senate, Senate Support, economic stimulus, House Republican, Barack Obama, Obama Turns, GOP
Kan. House leader floats new deficit plan
Topeka :: KS :: USA | 10 months ago
Credibility A House committee's chairman floated a new proposal Friday for eliminating a state budget deficit, but his plan drew criticism over its proposed cuts in school funding. The plan from Rep. Kevin Yoder would make $327 million in adjustments to the budget...
Tags: House Republican, tax revenues, Senate, Kansas, budget deficit
GOP: Our stimulus would create more jobs than Obama’s
Virginia Beach :: VA :: USA | 10 months ago
Credibility House Republican leaders unveiled the report an hour before taking to the floor to make their case for passage of the substitute offered on behalf of the economic stimulus working group headed by Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.). The group was tasked...
Tags: House Republican, Obama
House Passes Stimulus Package
Fargo :: ND :: USA | 10 months ago
Credibility In the education realm, the stimulus aims more than $125 billion at bolstering public education, an unusual federal intervention in a sphere usually left to state and local governments. It calls for spending $20 billion on school and college renovations.
Tags: House Republican, stimulus plan, stimulus package, House of Representatives
Tenn House speaker denies sexual harassment allegation
Lynn :: MA :: USA | 10 months ago
Credibility Tennessee's new House Speaker Kent Williams denied sexually harassing a female lawmaker in 2007 when he allegedly told her he would give a week's pay to see her naked. William's issued a press release as questions about the incident involving Rep. Susan...
Tags: House Speaker Kent Williams, Tennessee House, sexually harass, female lawmaker, House Republican, Tenn House
Sebelius proposes deep cuts
Topeka :: KS :: USA | 10 months ago
Credibility Public universities would lose $120 million and cities and counties an additional $106 million under Gov. Kathleen Sebelius’ plan to address Kansas’ mounting financial crisis. Sebelius’ budget proposal, unveiled Tuesday, leaves spending for public K-12...
Tags: human services, administration, Kansas House GOP, Kathleen Sebelius, house republican, Kansas Board of Regents, budget cut, sebelius proposed, public universities, tax holiday
Autism plan offered by House leaders
Oklahoma City :: OK :: USA | 10 months ago
Credibility House Republican leaders on Tuesday said they will put money into efforts to attract those who can provide services to children with autism. But a Democratic senator passionate about the issue said the proposal falls short of what is needed. The plan...
The Hill: Obama accepts invitation to speak to House GOP
Williamsburg :: VA :: USA | 10 months ago
Credibility President-elect Obama has accepted an invitation to speak to the House Republican conference shortly after being inaugurated, a GOP leadership aide said. Obama’s chief of staff Rahm Emanuel “enthusiastically” accepted the invitation extended last Friday...
Tags: republican, obama, staff, Barack Obama, House GOP, House Republican, gop leadership, Rahm Emanuel
House ethics committee gets to work
Denver :: CO :: USA | 11 months ago
Credibility The panel is charged with determining whether there is probable cause that Assistant House Minority Leader David Balmer, R-Centennial, broke House ethics rules while running for House minority leader. Balmer has denied any wrongdoing. "We're not determining...
Tags: David Balmer, House Republican, Assistant House, minority leader, ethics complaint, house minority
House re-elects Nancy Pelosi as speaker
Washington :: DC :: USA | 11 months ago
Credibility The woman who made history two years ago by becoming the first female speaker of the House has been re-elected to that post. House colleagues today chose Nancy Pelosi to continue as speaker. Her fellow Democrats, with an expanded majority, elected her...
Tags: House Republican, House of Representatives, New House, Barack Obama, Congress, Nancy Pelosi, John Boehner, 111th congress, house speaker, troubled economy
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