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Nightly News Scan, 10/7/09
Author: NikThird day and counting. Baucus scores big with CBO — Politico Bob Dole endorses health reform — Midwest Voices Rangel retains Ways and Mean gavel — Politico CBO: Budget deficit hit record $1.4t in 2009 — Yahoo! Afghan War Debate Now Leans on Focus to Al Qaeda — NYT GOP Faces Multiple Hurdles as It [...]
Read moreRepublicans and Health Care Reform
Author: NikBob Dole supports health reform. “This is one of the most important measures members of Congress will vote on in their lifetimes,” the former Republican Senate majority leader and presidential candidate told an audience in Kansas City today. “If we don’t do it this year I don’t know when we’re gonna do it. That brings [...]
Read moreNightly News Scan, 10/6/09
Author: NikHooray, I made two days in a row! Obama Tells Lawmakers He Won’t Slash Troops in Afghanistan — NYT Jobless Rate Is Key to Fate of Democrats in 2010 — WSJ State-Run Health Plans Garner Support — WSJ Specifically, What Should Be Done For Jobs? — Robert Reich Support Builds for Tax Credit to Encourage [...]
Read moreAllow Me to Retort
Author: NikI seem to have incurred the wrath of Robbie for a piece I wrote last night. Specifically, I said the following: Yes, unemployment is rising, but that doesn’t mean the stimulus is a failure. It wasn’t designed to stop job loss altogether. Rather, it was designed as a backstop. Don’t ask what unemployment is now, [...]
Read moreA Look at the White House Economic Team
Author: NikPerhaps it’s just the econ major in me, but I find this article in New Yorker fascinating. Titled, “Inside the Crisis: Larry Summers and the White House economic team,” it profiles Larry Summers, the director of the White House’s National Economic Council. Summers is one important fellow. As NEC Director, he coordinates economic policy for [...]
Read moreNightly News Scan, 10/5/09
Author: NikAgain, my apologies for being sporadic. Obama quietly tries to shore up Senate support for public option — Los Angeles Times U.S. Losing Ground on Preventable Deaths — WaPo As Job Loss Rises, Obama Aides Act to Fix Safety Net — NYT U.S. regains position as most admired country — Daily Kos The Politics of [...]
Read moreCal Dems in the News!
Author: NikA Cal Dems op-ed was picked up by our campus paper, The Daily Californian. Titled “Healthcare Issue is Vital for Students”, it explains how we as college students are stakeholders in the health care debate. Read the op-ed here. The Commonwealth Fund report referenced in the op-ed can be found here. I highly recommend you [...]
Read moreNightly News Scan, 10/2/09
Author: NikSorry I haven’t been keeping up for the past couple days… Rio de Janeiro Is Awarded 2016 Olympics — NYT Bill Frist endorses health bill — Time How Schwarzenegger-backed tax panel would affect Californians — SacBee Obama Aide Concedes Climate Plan Must Wait — NYT Inquiries on Senator John Ensign Are Expected — NYT Democrats [...]
Read moreWalkout Advocacy Letters
Author: NikAt our meeting last Thursday, almost 100 Cal Dems signed letters urging their representatives to protect higher education in California. You can view a copy of our letter here. We told Sacramento to look for new revenues–including tobacco and oil severance fees–before squeezing students, faculty, and the future of our state. Our message was clear: [...]
Read moreNightly News Scan, 9/28/09
Author: NikSorry it’s so late today: U.S. Plans to Isolate Iran if Nuclear Talks Fail — WaPo Is Iran Designing Warheads? — NYT Pocket Docket: Supreme Court’s New Season — WSJ Summary of health care amendments — Daily Kos Whitman pressed on past — SacBee CA-Gov: Brown Leads All Republican Hopefuls, Newsom Trails All — Calitics [...]
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