Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Barack Obama

Urbama Admin? Prez-Elect ‘The Real Deal’ Says Metro Policy Guru

By Ben Fried | Nov 13, 2008 | 2 Comments

If Barack Obama’s soft spot for Detroit has you doubting his urban policy bona fides, Bruce Katz offers a few words of reassurance. The Stamford Advocate reports from Katz’s recent appearance before a Connecticut smart-growth group: Katz is vice president and founding director of the Washington, D.C.-based Brookings Institution Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy, […]

Obama Wants Car Czar to Accompany Big Three Aid

By Brad Aaron | Nov 12, 2008 | 7 Comments

More details of a possible Obama administration-led auto industry bailout emerged yesterday when Politico reported that the president-elect wants a "high-profile point person to oversee reforms" attached to any financial aid. Specifics about the proposal remain unclear. But the transition team says Obama suggested to President Bush on Monday that aid to the auto industry […]

Pelosi, Reid and Emanuel Push for Carmaker Bailout

By Brad Aaron | Nov 10, 2008 | 27 Comments

Cadillac assembly line replica at the Detroit Historical Museum Over the weekend, Democratic leaders in the House and Senate urged the Bush administration to extend financial aid intended for Wall Street to struggling domestic carmakers, a move that could have the support of President-elect Obama. The Times reports that on Saturday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi […]

Share Your National Vision With the President-Elect

By Brad Aaron | Nov 7, 2008 | 8 Comments

Union Station, Denver, CO With the Obama administration indicating that it may counter the current economic slowdown with much-needed infrastructure investment, Transportation for America has issued a letter calling for the president-elect to "lay the groundwork for a clean-energy future that is less dependent on oil." T4A has set up a page for members of […]

Reason to Like Rahm Emanuel as White House Chief of Staff

By Ben Fried | Nov 7, 2008 | 1 Comment

Spotted in today’s Times story on Barack Obama’s emergency economic agenda: Mr. Obama is coordinating with Congressional Democrats behind the scenes on the stimulus plans, which would include more jobless benefits, food stamps, aid to financially strapped states and cities, and spending for infrastructure projects that keep people at work. His chief liaison has been […]

Sadik-Khan Said to Be Obama Cabinet Contender

By Brad Aaron | Nov 5, 2008 | 16 Comments

Her post-Bloomberg career has been the province of wishful speculation. But a report published today indicates that DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan may be considered for a position in Barack Obama’s Department of Transportation — possibly its top spot. Conventional wisdom held that front runners for transpo secretary were known progressive brands like Reps. Earl Blumenauer […]

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