@ October 11, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Barack Obama was in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 10/11/08 and discussed the economic meltdown with supports. Obama feels that McCain “…doesn’t really seem to get what’s going on with this crisis. When it first started, he talked about how the fundamentals of the economy are strong. Where I come from, nothing’s more fundamental than a job.”
Obama’s [...]
@ October 11, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Democrats in Congress are planning to call Congress back after the election to pass $150 billion stimulus package. Key provisions would be extending unemployment benefits, food stamps, nd a tax rebate. House dems will hold an economic recovery forum on 10/13/08. However, if they try to pass before inauguration likely to be blocked by Senate [...]
@ September 16, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Although only in the senate for four years, Barack Obama has been found by the Center for Responsive Politics to be the No. 2 recipient of dirty money from Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae lobbying efforts. Freddie/Fannie used the contributions to keep federal regulators at bay. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac recently required a federal [...]