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Republicans have been attacking the White House’s proposed budget, consistently saying that it “spends too much. It taxes too much. And it borrows too much.” But the G.O.P. has not offered its own alternative proposal for the Democrats to attack. So the Democrats and their allies are attacking, well, nothing. Americans United for Change, the labor coalition, has a new ad to run on national cable and on some stations in Washington, running Sunday through Tuesday.Watch It: ProgressOhio Is the Ohio affiliate of Americans United For Change.
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Blog: Yet another Americans United for Change spots hits the GOP for allegedly not presenting alternatives. Coleman-Franken goes to the jud
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Cheney: Obama Putting America At Risk Of Another Attack During his interview today on CNN, former Vice President Dick Cheney blasted the Obama Administration's decisions to undo the previous policies on Guantanamo, waterboarding and other issues. "President Obama campaigned against it all across the country," said Cheney. "And now he is making some choices that, in my mind, will, in fact, raise the risk to the American people of another attack."No Obama Or Biden Events Today President Obama and Vice President Biden do not have any public events today. Obama has a 3 p.m. meeting on the economy at the Oval Office, which will be closed press.Summers: AIG Bonuses "Outrageous" -- But Government Cannot Abrogate Contracts Appearing on ABC's This Week, Lawrence Summers denounced the AIG bonuses as "outrageous," and said the White House is doing everything it can to limit the bonuses -- but he also added that there are limits to what can be done. "We are a country of law. There are contracts," said Summers. "The government cannot just abrogate contracts. Every legal step possible to limit those bonuses is being taken by Secretary Geithner and by the Federal Reserve system."Goolsbee: Administration Doing Everything It Can About AIG Bonuses Appearing on Fox News Sunday, Austan Goolsbee addressed the AIG bonuses. "I don't know why they would follow a policy that's really not sensible, is obviously going to ignite the ire of millions of people, and we've done exactly what we can do to prevent this kind of thing from happening again," said Goolsbee. "I think the root of the problem has been some of the people have things written in their contract that say, 'Look, you sell this much life insurance, you get a bonus of X,' and it's in their contract and that part can't be changed."Barney Frank Wants To See If AIG Bonuses Are Recoverable -- And To Get Tough On The Executives Appearing on Fox News Sunday, Barney Frank said he wanted to see if the AIG bonuses are recoverable. "We can't just violate law -- leg...

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Cheney: Obama Putting America At Risk Of Another Attack During his interview today on CNN, former Vice President Dick Cheney blasted the Obama Administration's decisions to undo the previous policies on Guantanamo, waterboarding and other issues. "President Obama campaigned against it all across the country," said Cheney. "And now he is making some choices that, in my mind, will, in fact, raise the risk to the American people of another attack." No Obama Or Biden Events Today President Obama and Vice President Biden do not have any public events today. Obama has a 3 p.m. meeting on the economy at the Oval Office, which will be closed press. Summers: AIG Bonuses "Outrageous" -- But Government Cannot Abrogate Contracts Appearing on ABC's This Week, Lawrence Summers denounced the AIG bonuses as "outrageous," and said the White House is doing everything it can to limit the bonuses -- but he also added that there are limits to what can be done. "We are a country of law. There are contracts," said Summers. "The government cannot just abrogate contracts. Every legal step possible to limit those bonuses is being taken by Secretary Geithner and by the Federal Reserve system." Goolsbee: Administration Doing Everything It Can About AIG Bonuses Appearing on Fox News Sunday, Austan Goolsbee addressed the AIG bonuses. "I don't know why they would follow a policy that's really not sensible, is obviously going to ignite the ire of millions of people, and we've done exactly what we can do to prevent this kind of thing from happening again," said Goolsbee. "I think the root of the problem has been some of the people have things written in their contract that say, 'Look, you sell this much life insurance, you get a bonus of X,' and it's in their contract and that part can't be changed." Barney Frank Wants To See If AIG Bonuses Are Recoverable -- And To Get Tough On The Executives Appearing on Fox News Sunday, Barney Frank said he wanted to see if the AIG bonuses are recoverab
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