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[Blogometer] The Blogometer: 4/28: Sue And The Swine Flu: But liberal bloggers are slamming the moderate GOPer for leading the effort to remove funding for pandemic preparedness from the economic stimulus bill. In the eyes of the netroots, the sudden relevance of this provision (and Collins's .

[The Liberal Curmudgeon] The Liberal Curmudgeon: Rove, Collins Among Republicans Who Fought ...: [House Appropriations Committee chairman David] Obey and other advocates for the spending argued, correctly, that a pandemic hitting in the midst of an economic downturn could turn a recession into something far worse -- with workers ordered to remain in their homes, workplaces shuttered to avoid the spread of disease, transportation systems grinding to a halt and demand for emergency services and public health interventions skyrocketing. Indeed, they suggested, pandemic preparation was essential to any responsible plan for renewing the U.S. economy.

[PoliticalGroove Forums] GOP Stripped Flu Pandemic Preparedness From Stimulus ...: Famously, Maine Senator Collins, the supposedly moderate Republican who demanded cuts in health care spending in exchange for her support of a watered-down version of the stimulus, fumed about the pandemic funding: "Does it belong in this bill? Should we have $870 million in this bill No, we should not."

[OpEdNews - OpEdNews.Com Progressive, Tough Liberal News and Opinion] OpEdNews » GOP Know-Nothings Fought Pandemic Preparedness: On Monday, the question began to be answered, as Associated Press reported -- under the headline: "World Markets Struck By Swine Flu Fears" -- that: "World stock markets fell Monday as investors worried that a deadly outbreak of swine flu in Mexico could go global and derail any global economic recovery."

[AlterNet.org: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace] GOP Pigs Stripped 'Flu Pandemic Preparedness' From Stimulus | PEEK ...: Famously, Maine Senator Collins, the supposedly moderate Republican who demanded cuts in health care spending in exchange for her support of a watered-down version of the stimulus, fumed about the pandemic funding: "Does it belong in this bill? Should we have $870 million in this bill No, we should not."

[: iStockAnalyst.com Symbols Feed] Swine Flu Pandemic Threatens Global Economic Recovery: "The threat of the pandemic will add further weakness to global trade - we saw with SARS tangible percentage points knocked off the index and that was in a buoyant time. Put that in a weaker time and it is likely to be more unpleasant," he said.

[Boom2Bust.com] Potential Economic Costs Of Next Flu Pandemic | Boom2Bust.com: There’s a lot of press being given to the new strain of swine influenza popping up all over the planet. While talk of the threat to human lives is understandably getting the most attention right now, I can’t help but wonder about the potential financial fallout if the flu develops into a pandemic.

[TalkLeft] "Moderates" Cut Spending On Pandemic Flu Preparedness - TalkLeft ...:  Where spending on pandemic preparedness falls in that scale I do not know, but I do know that we saw a stimulus package pass for the first time in ages that actually made a real attempt to both stimulate the economy and do it in meaningful ways that would pay us back in more than just dollars.  So like with the education money - not only were we keeping teachers on the payrolls, we were also giving kids an education.

[Maine blog - Maine Web Report] Leftwing Swine Flu Mania | Maine blog - Maine Web Report: "Claims that she is opposed to increased funding for pandemic flu research are blatantly false and politically motivated. In fact, in December 2008, Senator Collins joined in a letter to Senate leaders requesting a $905 million increase for the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund at the Department of Health and Human Services.

[The Caucus] Swine Flu Briefings and Hearings Set on the Hill - The Caucus Blog ...: Obey, of Wisconsin, the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, have criticized Republicans because they insisted on removing $870 million for pandemic flu preparedness from the economic stimulus plan adopted in February.

[The Mike Thomas Blog] Orlando Sentinel - Swine flu pandemic would finish off local ...: The first reports of pediatric fatalities, which come during any flu season but would be blown out in the media if associated with this outbreak, would result in wholesale cancellations at the theme parks. A pandemic would empty them out, along with any other businesses that depends on mass gatherings of people in close proximity to each other. Think cruise ships and buffets for starters.

[PoliticalBase.com Blog] Mark Nickolas' Blog: GOP Politics Stalling HHS Secretary, Stripped ...: ...On Monday, the question began to be answered, as Associated Press reported -- under the headline: "World Markets Struck By Swine Flu Fears" -- that: "World stock markets fell Monday as investors worried that a deadly outbreak of swine flu in Mexico could go global and derail any global economic recovery."

[Oh!pinion] If pandemic hits, thank GOP for our lack of preparedness - Oh!pinion: Oh, and as if Republicans haven’t done enough already to wreck the economy and get in the way of recovery at every turn, their half-assed meddling with the stimulus bill could devastate the economy further, should the swine flu outbreak become a full-blown pandemic.

[MoJo Blog Posts: mojo] Republicans Stripped Flu Funding from Stimulus Package | Mother Jones: Collins's vote was, of course, absolutely key to passage of the stimulus legislation in the Senate. So the only funding of this kind that that made it into the final conference version was $50 million for improving information systems at the Department of Health and Human Services.

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