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No job growth for eight months?
VP Advisor Dr. Jared Bernstein: "By the second half of next year, net job growth should be positive, unemployment should be coming down." I hope this is expectations management, because it's a grim forecast.
CBO weighs in on the health bills
CBO has released an excellent document titled "Different Measures for Analyzing Current Proposals to Reform Health Care"
Updating the legislative scenarios: Reply hazy, ask again later
Usually a legislative process gets easier to predict as it proceeds. This one is more difficult, and I am less certain about my projections than I was a month ago. At a minimum, I hope to help identify the forces pushing for and against legislative success.
Five important upcoming Senate health care votes
Leader Reid dominated the health news this week with his announcement that the bill he will bring to the Senate floor will contain the public option. Let's examine the upcoming Senate floor situation.