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...Because the American Recovery and Reinvestment Bill of 2009 has not been passed and signed into law, there is still some time to talk about how it could be improved and to criticize what is not yet set in stone. Instead of spending this money for infrastructure projects to create jobs, it should go immediately to inject capital into the failing real estate market. Instead of purchasing toxic assets with TARP funds, the government should now begin to purchase residential and commercial real estate that is for sale to stop the destruction of property values. Last month the value...
...What that something will be, though, will need the support of more than just diplomats. Gore urged Congress to pass President Obama's stimulus package and, as soon as possible, a national cap-and-trade bill for carbon emissions - a prerequisite to leading negotiations in Copenhagen. If the U.S. takes on carbon restrictions of its own, Gore argued, major developing nations like China and Brazil are ready to fall in line. The Kyoto agreement gave developing countries a free pass to keep emitting carbon - a key reason the accord failed in the U.S. Senate - but Copenhagen will be different, because...
...bill, proposed by Senator Charles E. Grassley, a Republican from Iowa who has been an outspoken critic of such ties, would require public disclosure of industry payments over...
...legislation follows the passage of a similar law in Massachusetts this August that required the medical industry to publicly disclose gifts worth more than $50. The Grassley bill would make all research-related funding public as well...
According to Torchiana, Grassley’s bill does not require itemization of payments, so the public would not know the reason behind the industry relationship, which could be benign. [SEE CORRECTION BELOW...