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Burris returns: Obama's speech a draw
The Swampby Mark Silva Apparently, Sen. Roland Burris didn't do as much thinking about his future as the White House suggested he might do over the weekend. Burris (D-Ill.) plans to return to Washington in time to attend President Barack Obama's......Tags: Barack Obama, National Government, Government, Rod Blagojevich, Roland Burris
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Feds try dousing bank takeover fears
The Swampby Frank James Wall Street has remained concerned that the nation's largest banks are on the verge of being nationalized, despite assurances from the White House last week that the Obama Administration doesn't plan on doing that. The New York......Tags: Federal Reserve, United States, Regulatory Policy and Organizations, Nationalization, New York Times
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Obama: Marine One needs lube, that's all
The Swampby Mark Silva Like a car-owner getting another 100,0000 out of the old rust-bucket, President Barack Obama says maybe he can do without a new Marine One. Except, in this case, the current fleet of presidential helicopters is pretty shiny,......Tags: Barack Obama, National Government, Heads of State, Contracts, John McCain
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Obama vs GOP: 'Fiscal responsibility'
The Swampby Mark Silva President Barack Obama hopes to turn the tenor of the political debate this week from unprecedented and massive new spending to "fiscal responsibility.'' He will do this with the presentation of the outline of a new federal......Tags: Barack Obama, National Government, Beverage Industry, John Boehner, Government
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Obama, governors: 'Rubber meets road'
The Swampby Mark Silva President Barack Obama, meeting with the nation's governors at the White House during the launching of a massive federal economic stimulus, is calling on all to "work together'' during what promises to be "tough times.'' Obama and......Tags: Michelle Obama, Barack Obama, National Government, Pennsylvania, Heads of State
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Michelle Obama finding First Lady's way
The Swampby Christi Parsons Michelle Obama joined White House chefs Sunday afternoon for a public preview of the state dinner that night, praising the kitchen's huckleberry pie and confessing that, yes, she might even do the traditional duty of coming up......Tags: Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, National Government, United States, Schools
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Wall Street reform next up for Dems
The SwampA trader with now-defunct Lehman Brothers watches the stock market plunge last September. (David Karp/AP) by James Oliphant For weeks, President Obama has been pushing hard on his plan to revive the nation's economy, driving the $787-billion stimulus...Tags: Barack Obama, Barney Frank, Financial and Business Services, Government, Citigroup Incorporated
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Obama plans to put costs on books
After eight years of administration budget practices that often camouflaged the full extent of federal spending, President Barack Obama is planning to put as many of the expected costs on the books as possible to show the full extent of the challenges...Tags: Barack Obama, CNN, Government, Democratic Party, George Bush
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Wired nation: Broadband as stimulus
The Swampby Rebecca Cole In Martin County, Ky., a remote corner of Appalachia, it can take hours to reach a distant doctor's office, a simple cholesterol check costing a miner a day's work. "It's a long way from an office building......Tags: Internet, Hawaii, Satellite and Cable Service, Telecommunication Service, Alaska
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Tax-increase 'rubbish:' Hurting economy
The Swampby Mark Silva President Barack Obama has revved up the tax debate again with word that his 2010 budget proposal this week will mark the first chapter in a plan to cut the defict in half by the end of......Tags: Barack Obama, Pennsylvania, National Government, United States, Heads of State
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Electing all senators: Blagojevich lesson
The Swampby Mark Silva It was corruption in the appointment of a U.S. senator from Illinois that led to the constitutional amendment requiring the election of U.S. senators. And now Illinois corruption in the appointment of a replacement for a departing,......Tags: Barack Obama, Local Elections, Corporate Crime, Government, Regional Authority
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Schwarzenegger: 'Team player' w Obama
The Swampby Mark Silva Gov. Mark Sanford, Republican chief executive of South Carolina, says he won't be taking all of that federal stimulus money, complaining that, in a nation of $52 trillion of promises that aren't paid for, this is simply......Tags: Pennsylvania, Heads of State, Government, Financial and Business Services, Gray Davis
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