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washingtonpost.com - 1/30/2009
GOP Stakes Its Claim With Stimulus Vote
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Small Government Returns as Maxim Washington Post Staff Writers Friday, January 30, 2009; Page A04
House Passes Obama Stimulus Package
washingtonpost.com - 1/28/2009
House Passes Obama Stimulus Package
— washingtonpost.com — Bill Gets No GOP Votes; Senate Will Now Debate Its Version Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, January... 29, 2009; Page A01 (more) House Passes Obama Stimulus Package

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angrybear.blogspot.com - 2/4/2009
GOP Senators Pick Their Pork
— angrybear.blogspot.com — Well the gloves came off this morning. What GOP Leaders deem wasteful in Senate stimulus bill STORY... HIGHLIGHTS House Republicans unveil list of "wasteful" Senate stimulus spending Stimulus bill passed in the House without any Republican support One ... (more) GOP Senators Pick Their Pork

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politicalnewslive.blogspot.com - 1/31/2009
Video: GOP Targets Stimulus Bill
— politicalnewslive.blogspot.com — Despite President Obama's efforts to achieve bipartisan support for his stimulus plan, congressional Republicans have criticized the... bill for "wasteful spending." Wyatt Andrews reports. (more) Video: GOP Targets Stimulus Bill

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Cato @ Liberty:  Flowers Aren’t Enough

Econbrowser:  Budget Surplus? Tax Cut! Budget Deficit? Tax Cut! High Energy Prices? Tax Cut! Deep Recession? More Tax Cuts!

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Flowers Aren’t Enough
Cato @ Liberty — “Small Government Returns as [Republican] Maxim,” headlines the Washington Post. The unanimous vote by House Republicans against President Obama’s stimulus plan provided an early indication that the GOP hopes to regain power by becoming the champion of small government, a reputation many felt slipped away during the high-spending Bush years. But small-government voters may not be persuaded that the GOP has returned to its principles on the basis of one vote against a bill proposed by the other party, which ...

Budget Surplus? Tax Cut! Budget Deficit? Tax Cut! High Energy Prices? Tax Cut! Deep Recession? More Tax Cuts!
Econbrowser — ... way to create permanent jobs and cause an economy to rebound. That happened under JFK, Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush. We know that when tax rates are cut in a recession, it brings an economy back. ... The article is by Mr. Rush Limbaugh. Typically, I don't pay heed to this sort of writing, but I make an exception here since apparently a lot of the opponents of the stimulus plan as currently proposed are taking their lead from Mr. Limbaugh (FoxNews WaPo). I'll pose a few of questions here. How persuasive is it that tax ...

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