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The Hill reports: A group of 13 Republican state attorneys general sued the Biden administration on Wednesday, arguing a provision in the $1.9 trillion relief bill signed earlier this month is unconstitutional. The lawsuit filed in federal district court in Alabama is challenging a component of the American Rescue Plan Act that would prohibit states from using billions of dollars …

The Washington Post reports: Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost sued the Biden administration Wednesday over its $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package, alleging the federal government sought to impose “unconstitutional” limits on states’ ability to access some of the aid. The lawsuit from Yost, a Republican, follows a day after 21 other GOP attorneys general issued their own veiled legal threat …

The Washington Post reports: Twenty-one Republican state attorneys general on Tuesday threatened to take action against the Biden administration over its new $1.9 trillion coronavirus stimulus law, decrying it for imposing “unprecedented and unconstitutional” limits on their states’ ability to lower taxes. The letter marks one of the first major political and legal salvos against the relief package since President …

The Washington Post reports: President Biden has tapped Gene Sperling, a longtime Democratic economic policy expert, to oversee the implementation of his $1.9 trillion stimulus package, according to people familiar with the matter. Sperling’s position could be announced as soon as Monday, when Biden delivers remarks on implementing the relief, according to the people, who spoke on the condition of …

Reuters reports: President Joe Biden will meet with a bipartisan group of mayors and governors on Friday as he continues to push for approval of a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan to bolster economic growth and help millions of unemployed workers. Taking part in the Oval Office meeting will be Republican and Democratic elected officials whose states and cities have …

“I don’t believe in a stimulus check. Because if $600 or $1400 changes your life, you were pretty much screwed already. You’ve got other issues going on. “You have a career problem, you have a debt problem, you have a relationship problem, or a mental health problem. “Something else is going on if $600 changes your life.” – Right wing …

The Washington Post reports: White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Friday that a briefing Biden is receiving later from Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen would highlight “the cost of inaction” on the president’s coronavirus relief legislation — a move designed to increase pressure on Congress to move forward. The briefing, Psaki said, would demonstrate “the impact of a delay in …

Seriously. Mr. Ryan said in the television interview that he did not recall writing the letters. Later, his office issued a statement that he had since checked into the letters. “They were treated as constituent service requests in the same way matters involving Social Security or Veterans Affairs are handled,’’ he said in the statement. “This is why I didn’t …

The Boston Globe rips the veil off Paul Ryan’s stimulus piety: After seeking millions of dollars from a federal stimulus program he opposed on grounds it would not help the economy, Republican vice presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan then appeared on a Boston talk radio program and denied he lobbied the Obama administration for the home state aid. On October …

Keep his campaign promise, Florida Gov. Rick “Medicare Fraud” Scott has rejected $2.4B in federal stimulus money for a high-speed rail connection between Orlando and Tampa, a long dreamed of project for both cities’ business leaders. Scott’s decision likely means those dollars will be rerouted to California and other states investing in a high-speed rail network that Obama has likened …

Early this week, local news stations around New York delivered many heartwarming stories of low-income families reacting to a $200 per child windfall posted to the bank accounts of families receiving food stamps or welfare. The money, intended to buy back-to-school supplies, was authorized by Gov. Paterson and came from federal stimulus funds. Billionaire progressive George Soros contributed $35M of …

Wingnuts around the nation will gather today for symbolic “Boston tea parties” to protest the banking bailout and Obama’s stimulus plan. Protesters will appear at various city landmarks and waterfronts around the nation to lower a ceremonial teabag into the ceremonial mouth of the government. Except in Iowa, where the state says you need an environmental impact study before you …

Peter Staley at Poz.com dug into the stimulus bill for the NIH and determined that AIDS research funding will likely rise substantially under Barack Obama’s plan. Tucked away in the massive stimulus package signed by President Obama last week is the largest budget increase in the NIH’s history. Thanks to Senator Arlen Specter, the budget of the National Institutes of …

Spurred by President Obama’s stimulus package, today the Oklahoma House passed a bill declaring the state sovereign from any rule of the federal government not explicitly mentioned in the Constitution, the first shot in a growing national movement intended to give states the power to defy federal laws on a broad range of issues from abortion to gun control to …

And we’re off. The Senate voted on Tuesday to approve an $838 billion economic stimulus plan that stands to become the most expansive anti-recession effort by the United States government since World War II. Congressional leaders said they would immediately begin to work out the differences between the Senate measure and an $820 billion version passed by the House, with …

Damn, Mr. President. Tell us what you really think. Seriously, this rocks.