George Wenschhof
Today, Vice President Joe Biden will be in Manchester, New Hampshire - he is continuing the "Recovery Summer" tour with a speech on the 787 billion Stimulus bill.
The planned tour has mostly fallen flat as unemployment has remained steady at 9.5%. Today. there was a little bright news with initial unemployment claims down 31,000 for the week.
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Bernanke to give policy speech tomorrow - with the U.S. economic outlook remaining gloomy, all eyes will be on Federal Reserve chair Ben Bernanke tomorrow to see what policy initiatives are being put forth. Fear is rising among economists that lower prices will lead to deflation and a even weaker economy. Stay Tuned... The Washington Post has more here.
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Absentee ballots to determine Alaska GOP Senate Race - incumbent Senator Lisa Murkowski trailed Joe Miller by 1668 votes after all precincts had reported. There are 8000 absentee ballots remaining to be counted. It will take into next week to have the final results. Chris Cillizza has more here.
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Aide to Afghanistan President tied to corruption and C.I.A. - more bad news on the Afghan front as the Obama administration continues to struggle with an unpopular war. Now, revelations show a chief aide to President Hamid Karzai to be both directly involved in corruption schemes within the Afghan government and also working for the C.I.A. The NY Times is reporting Mohammed Zia Salehi was arrested by an anti corruption intelligence force and then released after an appeal to President Karzai. The NY Times has more here.
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Retrial of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich to be decided today - lawyers will meet in a federal court today in Chicago to decide the date of the new trial. Blagojevich was only found guilty of one charge of lying to the F.B.I. and the jury was unable to agree on conviction on 23 other counts of corruption. CNN.com has more here.
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Thursday, August 26, 2010
Daily Political Wire 8-26-2010
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Daily Democratic Wire 9-3-2009
George Wenschhof
President Barack Obama to deliver health care reform speech to joint session of Congress - while he and his family are at Camp David, the president will be busy fine tuning the speech he will give next Wednesday. It is a pivotal speech in regard to the success of health care reform as Democrats need to recapture the momentum. Politico.com has more here.
The President while at Camp David, is also faced with reviewing the U.S. policy in Afghanistan and deciding if additional troops are warranted. You can read more here.
Look to see the speech on health care reform to focus on less than a half dozen areas where reform will help. Areas such as the rising cost of health insurance, denial of coverage due to preexisting conditions, and loss of insurance when you lose your job are likely to be included. Specifics are needed now as the Republicans have been successful in their misinformation campaign designed to scare Americans. Also, a new idea is being floated in regard to the public option which is being labeled a "trigger" provision - it would mean if certain conditions exist, then the public option would be instituted, otherwise, it would not.
Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle has an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal today where he talks about how the failure to reform the health care system will be costly for Americans. You can read it here.
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Vice President Joe Biden to give speech on Stimulus Bill today - He will address the Brookings Institute and talk about the success of the 787 Billion program. This speech comes as Americans are becoming wary of the massive government spending without visible signs of improvement in unemployment across the country. Biden is expected to discuss the added jobs in education, the addition police, and infrastructure projects underway. You can read more here.
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Union Card Check bill still alive - another controversial bill received a needed boost for passage when incoming AFL - CIO president Richard Trumka indicated he would favor preserving an employer's right to demand a secret ballot election. TheHill.com has more here.
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NY Times offers glimpse into Kennedy Memoir - a book penned by the late Senator Ted Kennedy is due to be released this month and is entitled "True Compass". The NY Times has some excerpts here.
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