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New York Times:
Obama Pushes Jobs Plan, and Assails G.O.P. for Criticism — MILWAUKEE — President Obama, looking to stimulate a sluggish economy and create jobs, called Monday for Congress to approve major upgrades to the nation's roads, rail lines and runways — part of a six-year plan that would cost tens …
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
GOP ATTACKS ON INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT ALREADY UNDERWAY.... I really wish I could understand the way John Boehner's mind works. … Now, I realize that Boehner's depth of policy knowledge is frighteningly limited, and that the poll-tested buzz words of his press releases might resonate …
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Darren Goode / The Hill:
Boehner: Obama infrastructure plan is more failed stimulus — House Republican leader John Boehner of Ohio Monday criticized President Barack Obama's proposal to boost infrastructure investment as more stimulus spending doomed to fail. — “As the American people, facing near double-digit unemployment …
Darlene Superville / Associated Press:
Obama assails GOP, promotes new jobs program
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Brad DeLong / Grasping Reality with Both Hands:
Obama Economic Policy: Yet Another “Obama Bunts” Edition
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CNN:
Obama pushes $50 billion in infrastructure spending
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Julie Pace / Associated Press:
Obama calling for more infrastructure spending
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CNN:
TRENDING: Obama: They talk about me like a dog — (CNN) - Those following President Obama's prepared remarks during a speech in Milwaukee, Wisconsin Monday were thrown a bit of a curveball when it came to a description of his critics: — “Some powerful interests who had been dominating …
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Bridget Johnson / The Hill:
Obama: Critics ‘talk about me like a dog’ — President Obama strayed from his prepared remarks at a Labor Day rally Monday to accused his opponents of talking about him “like a dog.” — Obama was in Milwaukee to speak at the Milwaukee Laborfest, attended by Labor Secretary Hilda Solis …
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Washington Wire:
Obama's Remarks at Labor Rally in Wisconsin — Remarks of President Barack Obama on the Economy—As Prepared for Delivery — Milwaukee Laborfest — Hello, Milwaukee! Thank you to the Milwaukee Area Labor Council and to all of my brothers and sisters in the AFL-CIO for inviting …
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Frances Martel / Mediaite:
Pres. Obama On DC Opponents: “They Talk About Me Like A Dog” — President Barack Obama came out swinging in Wisconsin today in a speech that, while making clear references to policy and future plans, didn't shy away from tackling the opposition. The day's soundbite, however …
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Bridget Johnson / The Hill:
Trumka: President, not Tea Partiers, can get country back to work
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The Huffington Post:
A Forecast of the 2010 House Election Outcome — What's Your Reaction: … How many House seats will the Republicans gain in 2010? To answer this question, we have run 1,000 simulations of the 2010 House elections. The simulations are based on information from past elections going back to 1946.
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The Huffington Post:
Political Scientists Forecast Big Losses For Democrats In 2010 Midterm Elections — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? — With the midterm elections now just nine weeks away, a group of political scientists gathered for a conference in Washington D.C. this weekend forecast significant losses for the Democrats.
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Wall Street Journal:
Petraeus Condemns U.S. Church's Plan to Burn Qurans — KABUL—The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said the planned burning of Qurans on Sept. 11 by a Florida church could put the lives of American troops in danger and damage the war effort. — Gen. David Petraeus said the Taliban …
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Peter J. Boyer / New Yorker:
FRAT HOUSE FOR JESUS — The entity behind C Street. — One midwinter night in 2008, Senator John Ensign, of Nevada, the chairman of the Senate Republican Policy Committee, was roused from bed when six men entered his room and ordered him to get up. Ensign knew the men intimately …
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Lena H. / Washington Post:
Finding new weapons to kill bedbugs — The brown bugs, each about half the size of a pencil eraser, lie in glass petri dishes - a few on their backs, legs in the air. They died within seconds of scurrying across a piece of paper containing drops of a chemical.The next step is to find …
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Mark Hurd / Los Angeles Times:
Los Angeles school named after Al Gore — He's the first vice president to have an L.A. school named after him, sharing the honor with author Rachel Carson. Fittingly, the campus will be devoted to environmental themes. But there's a catch. — First-grade teacher Yolanda Alcala, left …
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Ashlee Vance / New York Times:
Former H.P. Chief Joins Oracle as Co-President — SAN FRANCISCO — In naming Mark V. Hurd, the former chief executive of Hewlett-Packard, as Oracle's new co-president, Lawrence J. Ellison, Oracle's chief executive and largest shareholder, really has put his money where his controversial mouth is.
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