via House, Senate Pass Obama’s Budget.
WASHINGTON — Acting in quick succession, the House and Senate approved budgets Thursday night drawn to President Barack Obama’s specifications and pointing the way toward major legislation later this year on health care, energy and education.
“It’s going to take a lot of work to clean up the mess we inherited, [...]
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A Second Look: Congress Passes Stimulus Package – washingtonpost.com
via Congress Passes Stimulus Package – washingtonpost.com.
After Voting Largely Along Party Lines, $787 Billion Bill Goes to Obama
By Shailagh Murray and Paul Kane Washington Post Staff Writers
Saturday, February 14, 2009; Page A01
With the final vote coming late in the night, Congress yesterday approved a $787 billion stimulus package that aims to spur millions of jobs [...]
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A Second Look | Daryl Hannah Talks Dirty (About Coal Mining)
via Daryl Hannah: Why I Was Arrested in Coal River, West Virginia.
When politicians, Obama included, talk of “clean coal” they are not speaking of any new processes invented to finally make coal healthy. What they, these politicians and their echo network, are doing is whitewashing a serious ecological and human health catastrophe caused by coal [...]