Douglas requests disaster declaration for Vermont
On December 7, the Governor requested a joint Federal, State and local survey of the damaged areas. Preliminary assessments indicated the most severe impacts were to Chittenden, Franklin and Lamoille counties, although affects of the storm were apparent in every county. Approximately 38,000 to 40,000 customers lost power; two emergency shelters were operational from December 1 through December 4; and widespread infrastructure damage was sustained.
Douglas says Obama tax cut agreement is "reasonable"
Douglas: “The compromise reached between President Obama and Republicans is a reasonable approach to helping the American people during this difficult time, while ensuring that tax increases do not burden the recovery.”
Sanders: White House agreement is a "moral outrage"
Sanders: “It is beyond comprehension that the Republicans would hold hostage the entire middle class of this country so that millionaires and billionaires would receive huge tax breaks.”
Leahy opposes Obama deal on $700 billion in tax breaks for multi-millionaires
I will support President Obama when he is right and oppose the President when he is wrong. I feel the President is wrong to make this deal.
Welch says Obama's tax cut deal is "fiscally irresponsible"
Adding $700 billion to our national debt, as this proposal would do, handcuffs our ability to offer a balanced plan to achieve fiscal stability without a punishing effect on our current commitments, including Social Security and Medicare.
Leahy, Welch, Sanders: USDA will postpone cut in food stamps
Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) also welcomed the USDA’s assurance that, once the extended waiver expires on April 1, no family will see a benefit reduction of more than $20 per month.
Obama's Fiscal Commission calls for cuts to retiree benefits
“The latest report on deficit reduction would actually increase the health and economic insecurity of millions of Americans. As we wait for the President’s Fiscal Commission to present their report to the President, AARP believes strongly that the commission and our elected leaders need to more fully assess the impact of its recommendations on real people, and not strictly as a budget exercise.
Stannard: How about that wristwatch?
Now we know how Buck Rogers might have felt after falling into a coal mine, remaining in suspended animation for over 400 years and waking up in a futuristic world; a world in which information now travels at warp speed.
Fairbanks: Election Day 2010, myths and realities
A majority of Americans eligible to vote won’t even show up at the polls Tuesday. Heck, they barely show up for presidential elections. Some of the races for Senate, Congress, governor and down-ballot may be decided by wide margins, but most will probably end with the victors getting about 5 to 6 percent over the vanquished. So, while the results may be profound in terms of Democratic seats lost, this is not the Vox Populi.
Leahy says Obama's R&D tax credit will benefit Vermont
Leahy Says Obama’s Plan For R&D Tax Credit Would Mean Jobs In Vermont . . . ‘Seed Corn For Our Economic Future;’ Cites Vermont’s BioTek Instruments’ Example MONTPELIER, Vt. (WEDNESDAY, Sept. – U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy and members of Vermont’s business community praised President Barack Obama’s call Wednesday to renew, expand, simplify and make permanent [...]
