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Three Cabinet appointees from opposing party is unmatched

February 10, 2009

"Putting three Republicans in my Cabinet...is unprecedented."

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Steele says government has never created a job. We conclude the opposite.

By Angie Drobnic Holan

February 10, 2009

"You and I know that in the history of mankind and womankind, government — federal, state, local, or otherwise — has never created one job."

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Many choices for CBO numbers for 2009 and 2010

By Angie Drobnic Holan

February 9, 2009

The Congressional Budget Office "estimates that only 15 percent of this stimulus package will be spent in 2009" and only 37 percent in 2010.

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Obama says Republicans are quibbling over less than 1 percent of the stimulus plan

February 9, 2009

On attacks by Republicans that various programs in the economic stimulus plan are not stimulative, "If you add all that stuff up, it accounts for…

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Obama Porn Lawyer Laid Bare

February 6, 2009

"Obama taps porn lawyer for #2 at Justice."

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FedEx chair delivers perspective on bonuses

By Alexander Lane

February 6, 2009

"The average bonus [on Wall Street] is about $100,000...The bonuses on Wall Street are down 44 percent."

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Stimulus has money to help fish, off-roaders

By Angie Drobnic Holan

February 4, 2009

The stimulus bill contains "$20 million for the removal of small to medium-sized fish passage barriers" and "$25 million to rehabilitate off-roading trails for ATVs."

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Stimulus bill includes projects that some consider earmarks

By Bill Adair

February 4, 2009

"There are no earmarks" in the stimulus bill.

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Stimulus plan includes plan to compensate Filipino vets, but no actual money

February 3, 2009

The Senate version of the economic stimulus package includes "millions of dollars to World War II Filipino veterans in the Philippines."

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Stimulus plan comes to more than a million bucks a day since Jesus Christ was born

February 3, 2009

To give the proposed economic stimulus plan some perspective, "if you started the day Jesus Christ was born and spent $1 million every day since…

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In theory, ACORN could compete for some home rebuilding money in stimulus plan

February 2, 2009

"The (economic stimulus) legislation could open billions of taxpayer dollars to left-wing groups like the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN)."

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Some economists disagree with Obama

By Angie Drobnic Holan

January 30, 2009

"There is no disagreement that we need action by our government, a recovery plan that will help to jump-start the economy."

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