July 2009
70 posts
House Votes for $2 Billion Fund to Extend... →
Proposed Tax Tests Obama on Campaign Health Care... →
'Cash for Clunkers' Runs Out of Gas (Wall Street... →
Cash Deal For Clunkers So Popular It’s Broke (NY... →
Portland leaders vow to fight water treatment →
“The federal government insists that we solve a problem that doesn’t exist and further insists that we pay for this folly,” said Commissioner Nick Fish. “This is regulation run amok — a one-size-fits-all approach…”
DC Lawyer Arrested After Talking About Gates... →
International Force in Iraq Becomes Coalition of... →
Step right up: Portland and metro area among tops... →
A new report released today by the federal Corporation for National and Community Service ranks the Portland metro area second among large cities in the rate of volunteering by its citizens. The report says 36.7 percent of residents here volunteer, second only to Minneapolis-St. Paul at 38.4 percent.
Republicans yet to reveal their own health care... →
While House Republican leaders blast away at the Democratic health care reform legislation, the GOP has yet to reveal its own alternative legislation… as he [Boehner] said he would do when he unveiled the plan in June.
Paul Krugman Attempts To Divine Motivation Of Blue... →
Partisan or Not, a Tough Course on Health Care →
Oregon bids for high-speed rail between Portland... →
South Florida town's mayor defends firing manager... →
Leader Of GOP "Health Care Solutions Group” Says... →
I-5 bridge studies span $65 million and counting →
Willamette Week Calls for Recall Election of... →
Contrast Adams’ behavior with Rep. Barney Frank, 69, easily one of the most respected members of Congress. Twenty years ago, reporters learned of Frank’s clandestine affair with a male escort named Stephen Gobie, who had advertised his “hot bottom” in a personal ad. Frank also had used his congressional privileges to fix Gobie’s parking tickets and tried to clear his probation for a prior drug...
White House declines to disclose visits by health... →
Invoking an argument used by President George W. Bush, the Obama administration has turned down a request from a watchdog group for a list of health industry executives who have visited the White House to discuss the massive healthcare overhaul.
Olympic distance runners Galen Rupp, Dathan... →
The Rupp-Ritz pairing could be an experiment that pushes both, and U.S. distance running in general… “It’s an interesting dynamic,” Ritzenhein said. “From my point of view, it’s only going to be a good outcome. We both have big goals and big dreams. We’re two homegrown American kids and that’s something different for sure, kind of like Bob Kennedy...
Chinese engineer kills self over lost '4G' iPhone →
Ex-Spokesman Files Lawsuit Against Mayor Sam Adams →
Progress as a march in different directions →
Sen. Ron Wyden, Sen. Jeff Merkley and Rep. Earl Blumenauer insist that they, and Congress in general, will end up together, and that this time they’ll catch that elusive white whale.
Health care reform could cut Medicare, hurt Oregon →
A Clear Way to Keep Cool →
Morning Joe (Paul Krugman) →
I think this Michael Hirsch piece on Joe Stiglitz somewhat misses the point… the larger story is the absence of a progressive-economist wing. A lot of people supported Obama over Clinton in the primaries because they thought Clinton would bring back the Rubin team; and what Obama has done is … bring back the Rubin team.
The Most Misunderstood Man in America →
White House's $50B foreclosure plan a bust so far →
In unusually harsh words for a Democrat, Dodd said that the Obama administration’s progress in stopping foreclosures has been “disgraceful” so far.
Episcopals’ First Openly Gay Bishop Speaks →
Earlier in the week, the [Episcopal] church voted to open the door to ordaining openly gay bishops. And on Thursday the bishops voted to start the process of developing rites for blessing same-sex marriages, and to give the green light to bishops who are already doing so. At the center of all these battles has been Bishop Gene Robinson, the first openly gay bishop in the Episcopal Church.
Oregon seeks $2.1 billion for high-speed rail →
Bush's Justice Dept. blacklisted LGBT groups →
Chappelle surprised by huge crowd →
“During his time as City Commissioner and Mayor, Sam Adams has demonstrated his...”
– Former Portland Mayor Tom Potter calling for the recall of current Mayor Sam Adams
How Congress Saved Fuel Cells, Ethanol And the... →
Grassley Admits That ‘Empathy Standard’ He Finds... →
Bill Seeks to End Antibiotic Use to Spur Animal... →
Housing Woes: Price Reductions Are Proliferating →
Task force looks at revitalizing Memorial... →
TIMES SQ. COPS VS. SUPER HEROES →
Sam Adams, Randy Leonard and Merritt Paulson... →
Finally a plan that doesn’t use dollars from an Urban Renewal Area (URA). However, Paulson needs to stop talking about a “phase two” using URA funds that should instead go to economic development, afforadable housing, and redevelopment of blighted property.
Two Authorities on Fed Advise Congress Against... →
Emanuel's Public Plan With Triggers Trial Balloon... →
[Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey] has whipped the progressive caucus in the House and concluded that more than 60 of its members would vote against a health care reform plan that had a public option tied to economic triggers… “We [the progressive caucus] have already compromised. More than 90 percent of the progressive caucus would vote today for a single payer system. And so for us to...
TriMet health spending singled out 'fleecing'... →
Cities Lose Out on Road Funds From Federal... →
Two-thirds of the country lives in large metropolitan areas, home to the nation’s worst traffic jams and some of its oldest roads and bridges. But cities and their surrounding regions are getting far less than two-thirds of federal transportation stimulus money.
As Music Mags Fall, Pitchfork Is Booming →
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