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  1. I'm at a House Ed & Workforce hearing. It's going on in front of me, but I can't find the live feed anywhere on the majority website. Oops! 11:55 AM Jan 26th, 2011 via web
  2. Diane E. Thompson tells Senate Banking Committee that there is a direct financial incentive for companies not to authorize modification 2:20 PM Nov 16th, 2010 via web
  3. A protester disrupted the Senate Banking Committee Hearing while Chase Home Lending CEO testifying, livefeed switched out during situation 1:11 PM Nov 16th, 2010 via web
  4. See Main Street Insider's summary of the Infrastructure Bank bill, just mentioned by Podesta: http://bit.ly/bNZ3zQ #fiscalchoices 1:12 PM Oct 5th, 2010 via web
  5. Podesta recommends an Infrastructure Bank and a Green Bank as investment tools. MSI summarized the infrastructure bank: http://bit.ly/bNZ3zQ 1:10 PM Oct 5th, 2010 via web
  6. Applebaum: apprenticeship (work-based training) is a very effective form of investment. #fiscalchoices 1:04 PM Oct 5th, 2010 via web
  7. Lots of potential dedicated revenue sources for infrastructure investment, including transaction tax, other corporate taxes. #fiscalchoices 12:53 PM Oct 5th, 2010 via web
  8. Good Q: is there a difference between spending and investment? I'm thinking that was intended as a rhetorical question.... #fiscalchoices 12:47 PM Oct 5th, 2010 via web
  9. Applebaum: the countries with structures and labor regs in place were able to limit their rise in unemployment. #fiscalchoices 12:42 PM Oct 5th, 2010 via web
  10. Collender: we have a $3.5T federal budget. We count missiles as investment. Why would we need this other type of investment? #fiscalchoices 12:40 PM Oct 5th, 2010 via web
  11. Moving to the final #fiscalchoices panel, abt public investment driving long-term growth. w/ Robert Puentes, Eileen Appelbaum, John Podesta. 12:37 PM Oct 5th, 2010 via web
  12. In #hcr bill, "the secretary shall" appears over 1000 times. Means there will be regs coming down fast and furious. #fiscalchoices 12:25 PM Oct 5th, 2010 via web
  13. Davis: real #healthcare reform will take a full 10 years to take effect. Impact plays out gradually. #fiscalchoices 12:21 PM Oct 5th, 2010 via web
  14. Kuttner: headed for either drastic Medicare cost cuts or vouchers. Mahar dislikes vouchers; they shift costs to consumers. #fiscalchoices 12:16 PM Oct 5th, 2010 via web
  15. Davis: transfer of power to HHS and Medicare is a radical policy shift. Great potential for real budget savings there. #fiscalchoices 12:11 PM Oct 5th, 2010 via web
  16. Hoagland: So much of Medicare spending is on end-of-life care. How do we handle that? Tough moral question. #fiscalchoices 11:59 AM Oct 5th, 2010 via web
  17. Davis: Massive overconsumption of care due to fee-for-service model. And extremely antiquated IT systems. #fiscalchoices 11:57 AM Oct 5th, 2010 via web
  18. We're the only country in advanced world with unregulated for-profit health care system. #fiscalchoices 11:54 AM Oct 5th, 2010 via web
  19. Hoagland: Medicare is antiquated. Fee-for-service system is incredibly inefficient. #fiscalchoices 11:50 AM Oct 5th, 2010 via web
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