At least 116 Republican governors, senators, and representatives have spent the past year railing against the Recovery Act, while simultaneously requesting funds to create jobs in their districts and taking credit for projects at ribbon-cutting ceremonies. They know the Recovery Act is creating jobs, but they think attacking it will bring them victory in the 2010 elections.
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One year in, the evidence is clear -- and growing by the day -- that the Recovery Act is working to cushion the greatest economic crisis since the Great Depression while laying a new foundation for economic growth.
read moreThis morning, the Senate voted 60-39 to pass the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, after overcoming a series of procedural hurdles and delay tactics by Republicans that were designed to stop the bill from ever reaching the Senate floor for a vote on final passage. DNC Chairman Tim Kaine called the historic vote "a victory for the American people."
In this week's address President Obama raises the point that health reform will not only have long-term advantages for the country but will have immediate protections and benefits this year if passed by Congress.
Democratic delegate David Marsden narrowly defeated Republican Steve Hunt Tuesday in a special election to fill the state Senate seat in Fairfax County, a district that had been in Republican hands for nearly two decades.
Today President Obama signed the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act into law, legislation that will extend new federal protections to people who are victims of violent crime because of their gender, sexual orientation or identity, or disability.
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