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Obama to Call for $50 Billion Spending on Public Works

New York Times by Sheryl Gay Stolberg | Sep. 6, 2010 (Breaking News)

The president’s initiative would create jobs quickly by emphasizing long-term transportation projects like roads, rail and airport runways. Full Story »

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Subjects: U.S., Politics, Business, Sci/Tech
Topics: U.S. Congress, U.S. Economy, Obama Administration, Green Technology, Transportation, Jobs
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Posted by: Posted by Joey Baker - Sep 6, 2010 - 9:19 AM PDT
Reviewed by: Joey Baker (review), Preston Watts (review), Bob Herrschaft (review), Joel Kulenkamp (review), Tom Reeve (review), Priscilla L. Davis (review)
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Edited by: Joey Baker - Sep 6, 2010 - 9:30 AM PDT
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Joey Baker
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 by Joey Baker - Sep. 6, 2010

Nice overview of that the President will say, but lacks outbound links or any sources.

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Priscilla L. Davis
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 by Priscilla L. Davis - Sep. 7, 2010
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Joel Kulenkamp
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 by Joel Kulenkamp - Sep. 6, 2010
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Bob Herrschaft
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 by Bob Herrschaft - Sep. 6, 2010

The facts revolve around Obama's intentions to present a bill that he must realize now should have been part of the overall stimulus. Getting it past a new Congress packed with Tea Party Reps. appears to have bleak prospects at this time.

Good luck with cutting oil and gas subsidies to pay for it!

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Preston Watts
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 by Preston Watts - Sep. 6, 2010

No. The White house has a plan? What's the goal? If ya got no goal ya got no plan. Create jobs. Fix some roads put some union workers to work? That's no plan.

Bring all Interstate Highways Up to the 80MPH standard by 2015. Privatize the system. DO SOMETHING Link the 20 most populated cities in the US with 250 mph rail by 2020. Rip all the railroads up DO SOMETHING Raise the minimum free education by states from K-12 to PreK to 16 Get out of the education business altogether DO SOMETHING Institute automatically reciprocating trade agreements. close all borders and ports. DO SOMETHING. DO SOMETHING get something done, set a goal, follow ... More »

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 by Tom Reeve - Sep. 6, 2010
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