As President Obama addresses the nation about health care reform and the economy, take a look back to President Roosevelt and the projects that brought the country through the Great Depression.
Will a publicly-financed health care system be a further burden on the economy, or can President Obama get a bill passed that doesn’t increase the federal deficit? President Obama discusses his health care reform initiative, bipartisanship and deadlines in an exclusive interview with NewsHour’s Jim Lehrer. Watch Video The MediaBistro blog FishbowlDC reported that Lehrer [...]
From building new infrastructure to laying the groundwork for hiring workers, there are various interpretations of the phrase “shovel ready” going around. More than three months after the stimulus bill passed through Congress, what is the status of these projects and who is benefiting? On the Nightly Business Report blog Xchange, producer Dana Bate takes [...]
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