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21 Jan 2012
Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, delivering the weekly Republican address, said Obama told Americans in 2009 that an economic stimulus plan would improve the economy and offered health care reform as an economic boost in his 2010 speech. Last year, Hensarling ...
Wall Street's Big Banks Are the…
07 Jan 2012
Ours is the only campaign willing to confront one of the greatest threats to our long-term economic prosperity: Too-Big-To-Fail Wall Street banks. ...
Washington Can Even Screw Up Christmas
21 Dec 2011
ouchy about extending the holiday because it comes from the taxes once intended to fund Social Security and provides nominal economic stimulus since it is temporary and dibbled out in small sums. But the best part of the deal for Obama is that Republicans oppose ...
Obama May Postpone Hawaii For Tax Talk
08 Dec 2011
issue because many conservatives are opposed to extending the temporary tax break. Critics say it is ineffective as an economic stimulus, will weaken Social Security, and will add to the deficit – concerns that GOP leaders are trying to address by offsetting ...
Another Energy Company Goes Bankrupt
31 Oct 2011
Nov. 17. Both loan guarantees were made under a Department of Energy (DOE) program that received funding in the 2009 economic stimulus bill. Beacon, a 65-worker company based in Tyngsboro, Mass., said the political climate was one of the factors contributing ...
Protests Present Political Dilemma
14 Oct 2011
them. In some ways, the movement mirrors the early days of the tea party, a populist reaction against the $787 billion economic stimulus plan, the bank and auto bailouts and Obama's health care plan. While tea party activists eventually became a key part ...
06 Oct 2011
party movement, which was launched in 2009 in a populist reaction against the bank and auto bailouts and the $787 billion economic stimulus plan. But while tea party activists eventually became a crucial part of the Republican coalition, the Occupy Wall Street ...
Plants, Animals Up For New Protections
29 Sep 2011
failure. "The ESA is unfortunately now used as a tool in costly lawsuits where politics trump science and jobs and economic prosperity are put in jeopardy," Hastings said Thursday. Earlier this year, citing restrictions against development and ...
Poll: Little Fallout from Solyndra
28 Sep 2011
Solyndra filed for bankruptcy earlier this month after receiving a $535-million federal loan guarantee funded by the 2009 economic-stimulus bill. Of 650 Ohio voters surveyed after Solyndra's bankruptcy, just 11 percent said they had heard "a great deal ...
Unrest On The Rise As China Booms
25 Sep 2011
China's massive economic-stimulus program has supported near double-digit growth, but also stoked inflation, piled up debt and fueled another unwelcome development: social unrest, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday. ...
Dow Closes Down Over 280 Points
21 Sep 2011
The Fed expects to report on its two-day meeting shortly after 2 p.m. Wednesday. Economists expect some type of economic stimulus. Investors are also concerned about Europe's debt crisis. Greek finance ministers are working to convince international ...
Bankrupt Solar Firm Subject of Probe
09 Sep 2011
before the solar panel maker filed for bankruptcy last week. President Barack Obama once touted the company as a beneficiary of economic stimulus The loans have also been the subject of a probe by the House Energy and Commerce Committee. ...
NJ Gov Met With Oil Big Before Pullout
07 Sep 2011
develop support for the kind of free market policies and initiatives that can get our country back on the path to economic prosperity and sustained job creation." Christie flew to Vail directly after an appearance on "Meet the Press" and was ...
Solar Firm Becomes Economic Casualty
31 Aug 2011
after the company's announcement, it became clear that the bankruptcy would serve as further ammunition to criticize an economic stimulus bill that provided seed money for solar startups — even though officials said interest in providing Solyndra with guaranteed ...
Romney Slams Obama's Economic Policies
22 Aug 2011
even when asked about Texas Gov. Rick Perry's controversial statement that Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's economic stimulus may be "treasonous." "Well, you know, we have a lot of time over the coming months to talk about distinctions between ...
22 Aug 2011
Gold surged to a record Monday, finishing just below $1,900 an ounce amid ongoing concerns about the health of the global economy and talks that US officials may offer a fresh round of economic stimulus. ...
Obama, Businesses Team Up for Schools
26 Jul 2011
estimated that even halving that number would generate an additional $42 trillion in tax revenue over 20 years. "The best economic stimulus package is a diploma," according to Bob Wise, a former West Virginia governor and president of the Alliance for Excellent ...
13 Jul 2011
US stocks snapped a three-day slide Wednesday as investors saw hope for further economic stimulus from the Federal Reserve. ...
Fed Planning to Eventually Raise Rates
12 Jul 2011
rates between zero and 0.25 percent -- even as a minority of members think the next step may be to provide additional economic stimulus. The minutes also suggest that policymakers are increasingly concerned about the central bank’s communication style ...
Liberal Bloggers Boo Obama Rep
17 Jun 2011
new for the White House. Liberals have griped that the health care overhaul did not include a public option and that the economic stimulus law should have included more spending. That lack of enthusiasm for Democrats contributed to the party's trouncing in ...
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Former State Treasurer Joe Malone, now a partner with Plymouth Rock Financial, and Scott Harshbarger, former State Attorney General and now Senior Counsel to the firm at Proskauer, joined FOX 25 Morning News from our Beacon Hill studio.
“…Thousands and thousands of jobs being great economic stimulus but he's playing politics dictated his staff and -- an -- …”
"Cash for Clunkers" a failure?
A recently released study indicates that the $3 billion “Cash for Clunkers” program was ultimately a failure. Frank Conte, Director of Communications and Policy Analyst for the Beacon Hill Institute at Suffolk University, joined VB at our Beacon Hill Studio to discuss these findings.
“…looked at in -- to a fact whether it was a good economic stimulus. . And whether it was a good environmental how it's failed on both counts not only on both counts it failed miserably. -- …”
The Monday Morning Quarterbacks recently joined the FOX 25 Morning News from our Beacon Hill studio to talk about the latest political stories.
“…here is that people in Canada laughing your anger and of their. Economic stimulus program you can ever come up with an Obama for political reasons is pushing it off until after the election. …”
New poll shows voters' views of "Occupy"
The latest UMass Lowell-Boston Herald poll looks at voters' opinions of Occupy Wall Street.
“…federal. Energy and an in the economy and banking bailout and the economic stimulus and health and -- reformed. And yet those who who occupied I'm sorry the Wall Street occupy Wall Street's. Porter. Or so …”
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“…would tiles -- their boots and if they're not pulled tightly -- economic stimulus water like -- and don't think I'm if you like a little pocket or the -- on the garbage cans in Atwater …”
Interview with Rep. Jeff Perry
State Rep. Jeff Perry joined the FOX25 Morning News with an update on what’s happening on Beacon Hill. Watch VB's interview for more.
“…bad I think the entire stack -- that we have now. In economic stimulus plan. And I don't fault the represented and make it an adult salt and current. Buying does that stay. I ultimately. Responded …”
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