Economics and Public Finance

East Texans Deserve to Know What's Buried in the "Stimulus" Bill

| Posted in E-Newsletter

The Majority leadership finally made available at 11pm last night the final text of the 1,073-page borrowing-and-spending "stimulus" -- just 10 hours before consideration of the bill began on the floor this morning. The House unanimously approved a Republican proposal a few days ago to post the final legislation online for 48 hours for the American people to review before a vote is held in the Hou... Read more »

A Catastrophe Looms, Obama Tells the Nation

| Posted in In The News

President Obama, speaking to the nation in his first prime-time news conference, last night warned of an economic "crisis that could become a catastrophe" if Congress does not act quickly on a massive stimulus package making its way through a Congress sharply divided along party lines. Read more »