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...everyone wants a little piece of it. The mob has been chanting for months, ever since former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson arrived in late September on Capitol Hill to warn of disaster, pass around his three-page plan and demand $700 billion to fix the problem. Most members of Congress were so spooked they were ready to write a check, until their phone lines started melting with the angry voices of taxpayers demanding details about the likely return on the investment. But even the minimal strings attached did not prevent the first $350 billion from vanishing, with the government overpaying...
...Congress, well-fed and self-satisfied, can catch its wind now. It has put together a $789 billion stimulus package to get the economy on the road again. The most interesting and obtuse comment about the new plan came from Senator Harry Reid, who said the legislation would create 3.5 million jobs...
...those stories was about Hoekstra's trip to Iraq and Afghanistan. On Tuesday, the Pentagon announced that in the wake of the Hoekstra controversy, it was reviewing its policies for briefing lawmakers in advance about trips to war zones. Despite the questioning of Hoekstra's disclosures by staffers in Congress and the Pentagon, the experience has not deterred the lawmaker from Twitter. "Sure, I give [my press secretary] heartburn, but I think that's one of the things that makes Twitter attractive, that it doesn't go through a filter and a screen," Hoekstra says. "Normally, I have my staff...
...letourcongresstweet.org, and Twitter's first petition. The rules were relaxed in October. "The freshmen especially, who used new communications and social media effectively on the campaign trail, realize the importance of engaging constituents online," says Gabriela Schneider, a spokeswoman for the Sun Light Foundation, which encourages more transparency in Congress and maintains a website that tracks Representatives on Twitter...
...Became head of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions in 1988, pioneering labor reform despite recommendations by both the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund that African governments cap spending, including wages...