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Additional Information on CBO’s Analysis of the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act, July 6, 2009 “Section 191, which is also known as the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act (the CLASS Act), would establish a federal insurance program for long-term care. Under that program, eligible enrollees who need assistance performing common daily …
WSJ: New Evidence on the Foreclosure Crisis, – Zero money down, not subprime loans, led to the mortgage meltdown, by Stan Liebowitz, Ashbel Smith Professor of Economics, University of Texas at Dallas: “…the focus on subprimes ignores the widely available industry facts (reported by the Mortgage Bankers Association) that 51% of all foreclosed homes had …
‘This Week’ Transcript: Vice President Joe Biden – “….BIDEN: And so the truth is, there was a misreading of just how bad an economy we inherited. Now, that doesn’t — I’m not — it’s now our responsibility. So the second question becomes, did the economic package we put in place, including the Recovery Act, is …
Air Traffic Control: Potential Fatigue Factors, June 29, 2009, DOT OIG Audit “Summary: On June 29, 2009, we issued our report on fatigue factors that could impact air traffic controllers. We conducted this audit at three critical Chicago air traffic control facilities at the request of Senator Richard Durbin of Illinois. These 3 facilities are …
USAspending.gov: Where Americans Can See Where Their Money Goes – Have you ever wanted to find more information on government spending? Have you ever wondered where Federal contracting dollars and grant awards go? Or perhaps you would just like to know, as a citizen, what the Government is really doing with your money.” “The IT …
TIME: “With California a day away from issuing IOUs instead of paying its bills, Gov. Schwarzenegger and the legislature remain at odds over how to close a now $26.3 billion deficit. Schwarzenegger on Thursday ordered a third unpaid furlough day for 235,000 state employees. With its $1.7 trillion economy sputtering and 11.5% unemployment surging, California’s …
European Space Agency: “[July 1, 2009], an Ariane 5 ECA launcher lifted off from Europes Spaceport in French Guiana on its mission to place the heaviest and most powerful telecommunications satellite ever launched, TerreStar 1, into geostationary transfer orbit. TerreStar 1 will operate in the 2 GHz (S-band) portion of the spectrum to provide voice, …
News release: “NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, has transmitted its first images since reaching lunar orbit June 23. The spacecraft has two cameras — a low resolution Wide Angle Camera and a high resolution Narrow Angle Camera. Collectively known as the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera, or LROC, they were activated June 30. The cameras …
News release: “An estimated 43.8 million Americans had no health insurance in 2008, approximately 2.8 million more than in 1997, according to new data from CDCs National Center for Health Statistics. The report, Health Insurance Coverage: Early Release of Estimates from the National Health Interview Survey, 2008, presents the latest insurance estimates for the United …
National Security Archive: “FBI special agents carried out 20 formal interviews and at least 5 “casual conversations” with former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein after his capture by U.S. troops in December 2003, according to secret FBI reports released as the result of Freedom of Information Act requests by the National Security Archive and posted.” Read …
News release: ” Nonfarm payroll employment continued to decline in June (-467,000), and the unemployment rate was little changed at 9.5 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Job losses were widespread across the major industry sectors, with large declines occurring in manufacturing, professional and business services, and …
CBO: Affordable Health Choices Act, July 2, 2009 – Preliminary analysis of the provisions of Title I of draft legislation that has been posted on the Web site of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. “Once the legislation was fully implemented, CBO and JCT staff estimate, about 20 million fewer people would …
