... NH, to criticize President Obama's economic stimulus initiatives. HILLSBOROUGH, NH - Mitt Romney pointed to a federally supported bridge repair project here Friday as part of his indictment of President Obama's 2009 stimulus bill.
Sat, 19 May 2012 04:37:28 GMT
Economic incentives. Legislation to create jobs was the top priority of Bentley and legislative leaders of both parties. The Legislature passed several bills legislative leaders said will create jobs: for coal mines, for war veterans, ... Sun, 20 May 2012 11:05:40 GMT
And the leaders stayed away entirely from the world "stimulus," which has taken on an unpopular political connotation, including in the United States. "The global economic recovery shows signs of promise, but significant headwinds persist," said G-8 ... Sun, 20 May 2012 02:03:53 GMT
For almost three years, going back to mid-2009, a top talking point for Republicans has been that President Obama "promised" that the stimulus bill -- the two-year spending package he championed to revive the economy -- would keep unemployment below 8 ... Thu, 17 May 2012 10:04:47 GMT
The bill also does something more significant: It repeals the so-called Prevention Fund, a multibillion-dollar slush fund created by Obama's stimulus bill and then expanded and funded even more lavishly — and automatically, without annual ... Sun, 20 May 2012 12:47:41 GMT
“We're just filing bills with no hopes of them passing.'' Some sort of letdown was probably inevitable. Brown arrived as a superstar after roaring into office in a special election to replace the late Senator Edward M. Kennedy.
Sun, 20 May 2012 03:42:01 GMT
The potential cuts come from an argument among state lawmakers about whether to use one-time money to shore up the state's budget, which has suffered during the economic downturn. In previous years, federal stimulus money softened the impact of state ... Sun, 20 May 2012 03:31:26 GMT
Without the personal intervention of Obama, one Washington insider suggested, former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero might never have accepted that his troubled economy could no longer sustain its economic stimulus and needed to ... Thu, 17 May 2012 11:01:22 GMT
Some leaders have cast the debate about the European economy as a choice between austerity measures to balance their budgets and stimulus measure to boost growth. Austerity measures can actually create the conditions allowing a central bank to use such ... Sun, 20 May 2012 10:08:20 GMT
