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LiveBlog for Thursday, December 3, 2009
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009
• Rep. Allyson Schwartz (D-PA) calls in at 6:05am Pacific to talk about Afghanistan, health care reform, and the Jobs Summit.
• Comedian Tom Kenny calls in at 6:30am Pacific to talk about Spongebob Squarepants’ new Christmas song.
• Hilary Rosen, Editor at Large of the Huffington Post, calls in at 7:05am Pacific to talk about Afghanistan, health care reform, and today’s Jobs Summit.
• Obama administration officials are hoping that today’s Jobs Summit, where he will talk job creation with business and labor leaders at the White House, will let President Obama defend his administration’s handling of the economy. No major policy announcements are expected.
• Amid soaring budget deficits, President Obama is running into congressional qualms over how to pay for his troop buildup in Afghanistan. The $30 billion cost is causing concern on both sides of the aisle. Still, leaders in Congress predicted yesterday that Obama would prevail in winning funding for the surge.
• The politically potent AARP announced yesterday that they are supporting the Democrats’ $460 billion in Medicare cuts to help pay for landmark health insurance legislation.
• White House party crashers Tareq and Michaele Salahi last night declined an invitation to testify before Congress about their caper last week at the president’s first state dinner.
Tags: AARP, Afghanistan, Allyson Schwartz, Barack Obama, Health Care Reform, Hilary Rosen, Jobs Summit, Medicare, Spongebob Squarepants, Tom Kenny, White House Crashers
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LiveBlog for Thursday, November 5, 2009
Thursday, November 5th, 2009
• MSNBC’s David Shuster calls in at 6:05am Pacific to talk about the elections, the economy, and health care reform.
• Erica Williams, Deputy Director of Campus Progress, calls in at 6:30am Pacific to talk about where the youth are in the health care reform debate.
• John Marcotte, originator of the 2010 California Marriage Protection Act, calls in at 7:05am Pacific to talk about his proposed ban on divorce in California.
• Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY) calls in at 8:30am Pacific to talk about the economy and health care reform.
• In a coup for House Dems, AARP will endorse sweeping health care overhaul legislation headed for a history-making floor vote. House Dem leaders are hoping it will give them a needed bost as they strive to deliver on President Obama’s signature issue.
• President Obama’s top budget official promised this week that the administration will try next year to wrestle the skyrocketing budget deficit under control to avoid higher interest rates and putting the health of the economy in jeopardy.
• The New York Yankees scored a 7-3 victory at the new Yankee’s Stadium in Game 6 of the World Series last night to win the series over the Philadelphia Phillies. It’s the Yankees’ 27th championship.
Tags: 2010 California Marriage Protection Act, AARP, Barack Obama, Campus Progress, David Shuster, Erica Williams, Health Care Reform, John Marcotte, John Yarmuth, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies
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