Extending unemployment insurance

Some have been arguing that the growth package should extend the availability of unemployment insurance (UI) benefits.

I’d like to cover three points in response:

1. Unemployment benefits have never before been extended when…

A bipartisan economic booster shot

Last Friday the President spoke about the need for additional Congressional action on the economy. Outsiders are referring to this as fiscal stimulus. We’ve been calling it a growth package.

Earmark reform (State of the Union follow-up)

Here’s what the President said last night in the State of the Union about earmarks:

The people’s trust in their government is undermined by congressional earmarks — special interest projects that are often snuck in at the…