A MA paper talking about Kerry - Shocking!

[Mass]

This one is actually important for people.

http://www.masslive.com/hampfrank/republican/index.ssf?/base/news-12/1199866532247190.xml&coll=1

Small business funds urged
Wednesday, January 09, 2008
By JO-ANN MORIARTY

jo-ann.moriarty @newhouse.comWASHINGTON - U.S. Sens. John F. Kerry, D-Mass., and Olympia J. Snowe, R-Maine, yesterday called on the White House to include extra money - instead of budget cuts - in this year's budget for the Small Business Administration, the agency that oversees small businesses, an economic engine for the country.

Kerry, the chairman of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, and Snowe, the committee's top Republican, wrote to James A. Nussle, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, stating that since Bush took office, "SBA's budget has been cut by 31 percent. For fiscal 2008 (when Democrats controlled Congress), Congress passed the first real funding increase for core small business programs - adding almost $40 million over the previous year's budget request and actual funding."

"President Bush talks a lot about helping small businesses, but he hasn't delivered. We are facing a tightening credit market and a tough employment outlook due to the sub-prime mortgage crisis," Kerry said yesterday.
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And Senator Kerry goes to Western Mass.

http://blog.masslive.com/newsbriefs/2008/01/wednesdays_news_briefs_37.html

Sen. Kerry to address AIC congress
SPRINGFIELD - U.S. Sen. John F. Kerry, D-Mass., will deliver the keynote address at the 68th Model Congress at American International College on Friday.

More than 300 students from New England and New York are expected to attend the Model Congress, which begins Thursday and continues through Saturday.

Students spend three days writing, debating, amending and voting on legislation, and will be rated by AIC faculty, who will also award more than $150,000 in scholarships to the college.

[karynnj]

1. Nice articles, Mass

I bet those kids at the model Congress will enjoy a great speech - It's really nice that Kerry is doing that.