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http://www.ourfuture.org/blog-entry/2009020925/progressive-breakfast-progressive-new-center
Progressive Breakfast: Progressive Is The New Center
By Bill Scher
February 25th, 2009
*** Obama Address Articulates Vision for 2009
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Remarks-of-President-Barack-Obama-Address-to-Joint-Session-of-Congress/

Key domestic policy statements from last night’s presidential address:
Credit: “we are creating a new lending fund that represents the
largest effort ever to help provide auto loans, college loans, and
small business loans to the consumers and entrepreneurs who keep this
economy […]

Misinformation rampant on workers’ free choice act
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Will Congressman Charlie Dent, attorney George Hlavac, the Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce and corporate America — just to name a few — tell the truth about the Employee Free Choice Act!
Dent says the act will take away the secret ballot vote. Hlavac says […]

Senate Confirms Hilda Solis as Labor Secretary
by Mike Hall, Feb 24, 2009
http://blog.aflcio.org/2009/02/24/senate-confirms-solis-as-labor-secretary/
Hilda Solis is the new secretary of labor. After Republicans backed away from an expected filibuster and agreed to stop their weeks of delaying tactics, the Senate this afternoon approved Solis’s nomination by an 80-17 vote.
Says AFL-CIO President John Sweeney:
The confirmation of […]

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will create or save 66,000 Maryland jobs by the end of 2010. The jobs will come from smart investments in the future of Maryland including.
 Children
$29 million child support enforcement
$194 million child tax credit
$ 24 million childcare access and quality improvement
http://clasp.org/publications/aara_childcarestatealloc.pdf
 Education
$ 198 million for Pell grants
$ 7.9 million […]

Democratic Talk Radio announces our 1st Labor Hero of the Year Award for 2008
Democratic Talk Radio has given our Ist Annual Labor Hero of the Year Award to Fran Friel, President of the Pennsylvania Postal Workers for moving his union convention from the hotel in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania to honor a picket line by the […]

Comparison of House, Senate stimulus plans
Associated Press • February 9, 2009
A comparison of the $838-billion economic recovery plan drafted by Senate Democrats and moderate Republicans with an $820-billion version passed by the House. Additional debt costs would add almost $350 billion over 10 years. Many provisions expire in two years.
AID TO POOR AND UNEMPLOYED
Senate — […]

The 5 day delivery scheme is the dumbest idea ever proposed by the Postal Service. It will save very little money. It will cost jobs. It will totally screw consumers. Millions of us will end up paying late charges on bills and higher credit card rates by mail delays.
Raise first class postage to 50 cents […]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/04/gregg-supports-stimulus-b_n_163956.html
Read this article and you can only conclude that Obama should withdraw his appointment as Commerce Secretary. Senator Gregg has always been a radical “Free Trader” and has pushed for legislation that destroyed millions of American jobs. He could provide critical support for the Economic Stimulus Bill and save millions of jobs while still in […]