The Jobless Hold Their Breath
Jan 5, 2009 President-elect Obama is still working out the nuts and bolts of his recovery (fingers crossed) package, but Obama advisers have disclosed that at least one proposal would expand benefits and compensation to the unemployed With the economic meltdown vaporizing more and more jobs, here's hoping Congress gets it done before February.
Obama’s New Deal
Oct 14, 2008 Barack Obama unveiled his $60-billion economic rescue plan on Monday and urged Washington not to wait for a new president to take up his proposals. The Obama plan includes tax breaks for companies that hire new workers, a short moratorium on foreclosures and, with an eye on job creation, federal financing for public works and infrastructure projects.
Markets Warm to Euro Bailout Plan
Oct 13, 2008 Stock traders in Asia and Europe seemed to like the news that European governments will coordinate with one another as they throw cash at troubled banks. The euro zone plan was announced on the heels of similar British and American schemes.
U.K. Cracking Down on Net Piracy
Jul 25, 2008 The British government is planning to "significantly reduce" the country's online file-sharing of copyrighted content, by at least 50 percent, in the next three years through a sequence of warning letters, Internet account suspensions and ultimate expulsion from Internet access.Are Medical Insurance Mandates Constitutional?
Apr 5, 2008 Both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama's health-care plans contain some form of mandate -- a requirement that Americans purchase insurance. At least one legal scholar wonders whether that's constitutional. At the very least, Karl Manheim argues in an Op-Ed article, it's "certainly unprecedented."
Eye-Roller in Chief
Sep 29, 2007 Leave it to George W. Bush to disappoint already low expectations. The president unveiled his dud of a plan to combat the climate crisis at a highly publicized meeting Friday of the world's 16 biggest polluters.
The Ten-Year Plan
Jun 20, 2007
G-8 Cools on Bush’s Global Warming Plan
Jun 3, 2007Senators Unite on Challenge to Bush’s Troop Plan
Feb 2, 2007 Legislators from both sides of the aisle are aligning on a nonbinding resolution by Sen. John Warner of Virginia against Bush's troop escalation plan. It's not the stern one Democrats had hoped to pass, but it look like this one has a shot at making it through.Double the Troop ‘Surge’ in Iraq?
Feb 2, 2007 A new study by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office concludes that Bush's "surge" plan could actually add as many as 48,000 troops to Iraq -- more than double the number the president has pledged That's because all combat units need to be backed up by support troops (h/t: Defense Tech) Also, the cost of deployment could be five times Bush's estimate.
