Good data from Veronique de Rugy at the National Review:
[Nevada] has a 14.3 percent unemployment rate, the highest in the country, and it has so far received $561.55 per person in stimulus funds. That’s a little more than half of the average stimulus per person received by the state
Crossroads GPS is spending a lot of money attacking Sens. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on the airwaves, but they’re using a clever trick to hide their donor lists and keep the ads considered “issue ads,” as opposed to a form of express advocacy. The More…
More bad poll numbers are greeting Democrats as they recover from Labor Day barbecues and stump speeches, raising the question of how Democratic incumbents will respond when Congress resumes next week. Both The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal show a wide margin for Republicans over Democrats on More…
Speaking at a Labor Day event in Milwaukee, Wis., President Barack Obama unveiled a new stimulus package designed to jump-start the economy before the November elections, as polls show Democrats lagging.
Obama is not pressing for a payroll tax holiday — the most stimulative tax cut, as More…
Today, Christina Romer leaves her post as the head of the Council of Economic Advisers to return to the West Coast. The economist was among the most liberal in the White House, routinely pushing for more stimulus and government aid to help the ailing economy. In her last remarks as More…
Today, The Wall Street Journal has details on a range of new stimulus measures the Obama administration is considering pushing, given the sustained, high rate of unemployment and stall-out in the recovery. Deborah Solomon and Jonathan Weisman say that a nationwide infrastructure program and tax cuts are under consideration.
Following up on the complaint lodged with the IRS by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee against the Americans for Prosperity Foundation — leaked to the New York Times on Friday — Loyola tax law professor Ellen Aprill weighs in.
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist continues to walk an increasingly fine line in his Senate bid as an independent, making a few statements this weekend on CNN’s “State of the Union” that are sure to roil some of his Democratic supporters — and perhaps draw them to Rep. Kendrick More…
Speaking in Jackson Hole, Wyo., this morning, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke mentioned a number of further steps the central bank could take to ameliorate the dire economic straits the country is in. The second involved changing the Fed’s communications strategy.
In the first week of July, Andie Davis’ husband, who worked in manufacturing, lost his job, as hundreds of thousands of Michiganders have since the onset of the recession. Soon after, he started collecting unemployment insurance benefits that might last the family of four as long as 99 weeks. Davis More…
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