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PI Original
by Adam Doster
12:41pm
Fri Feb 13, 2009
5 comments

A Tour Through The Final Stimulus Package

Stimulus bill

Congress is all set to vote on the committee-approved economic recovery package today, and it looks like most Illinois Republicans won’t be swayed by President Obama’s trip to Peoria. Yesterday, we noted that Mark Kirk was still voting no. The Daily Herald follows up today
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PI Original
by Adam Doster
11:02am
Thu Feb 12, 2009

Stimulus Reached, But State Aid Takes A Hit

Congress

After only 24 hours of negotiations, House and Senate leaders finalized a deal
on a $789 billion economic stimulus bill that Congress will likely vote
on by week’s end. Counter-intuitively, the final bill was smaller than
either chamber’s original draft. How will Illinois ...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
11:51am
Wed Feb 11, 2009

Schakowsky, Hare Found Populist Caucus

Jan Schakowsky

Reps. Phil Hare and Jan Schakowsky already share ideas as members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
Starting this week, they will join forces on another front, this time to represent
the economic insecurities of working people. Huffington Post’s Ryan
Grim explains...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
5:50pm
Tue Feb 10, 2009

The Most Important Chart You'll Read All Day

Stimulus bill

While we were specifically irritated that school construction money was cut
from the Senate version of the economic recovery package, the
compromise bill Sens. Ben Nelson (D-NE) and Susan Collins (R-ME) forged
is worth investigating more broadly.

And thanks to ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
12:31pm
Sat Feb 7, 2009
4 comments

Durbin Defends ACORN On The Senate Floor

ACORN

Last night, Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) introduced an amendment to the stimulus package that would prohibit the "direct or indirect use of funds to fund the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN)."  This is the latest example of the GOP's ongoing ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
11:00am
Sat Feb 7, 2009
1 comment

Phil Hare Talks To Maddow About Solis Nomination

Labor

The American Prospect's Harold Meyerson recently explained why Labor Secretary-designate Hilda Solis' nomination vote is being held up:

Republican senators have a modest proposal for Hilda Solis: that if she’s confirmed as Labor Secretary, she recuse herself from any ...

PI Original
by Progress Illinois
12:24pm
Fri Feb 6, 2009

"This Is Not A Game"

Congress

President Obama unloads on congressional Republicans (skip ahead to the 4-minute mark):

More like this please...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
11:53am
Thu Feb 5, 2009

White House Releases Illinois-Specific Stimulus Figures

Congress

Yesterday, the White House released a fact-sheet detailing the "immediate, tangible impacts" of President Obama's economicy recovery package in all 50 states.  We've copied over the details from the Illinois portion (PDF. page 27) of the memo, which you can view at ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
4:43pm
Tue Feb 3, 2009
3 comments

Number Of The Day: 158,000

Congress

That's the estimated number of jobs the stimulus package will create in Illinois, according to a study released by the White House.  And don't be surprised if you hear that figure hung around the necks of the Illinois GOP congressional delegation, which unanimously opposed ...