Andrea Bernstein

The economic spending bill now being debated in the Senate would pour hundreds of billions of dollars into the economy. But it wouldn’t do anything to help the transit system in St. L...

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New York City says it could lose $450 million in education aid if the Senate version of the stimulus bill prevails, but state officials are lobbying for the Senate bill. WNYC's Andrea Bernstein has more.

REPORTER: The issue isn't the amount of money; it's how it's ...

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As the stimulus bill works its way through the U.S. Senate, New York State and city officials are keeping a close watch on the details, which could make a huge difference for local and state government. WNYC's Andrea Bernstein has been tracking the bill as ...

What's in the stimulus bill? While the Senate is debating the House Appropriations Committee has helpfully put out a state-by-state list. New York would get $12.5 billion in funding for Medicaid, $4 billion for education, $461 million for Pell grants, $3.6 billion for infrastructure. The House says 175, 797 people ...

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Freshman Connecticut Congressman Jim Himes is lamenting the lack of Republican support for the federal stimulus bill.

Himes told Brian Lehrer there is Republican support, but not in Congress.

HIMES: Two hours before I voted for this bill the rep gov of ct called me up and ...

It came as a bright spot today when Robert Puentes of the Brookings Institution said, “We are trying to make sure the stimulus bill does no harm.” Harm, for transit advocates, means a bill that sets spending levels at rates that favor drivers over straphangers, or that give most of ...

Andrea Bernstein and Michael Grabell discuss the results of a joint investigation between WNYC and Pro Publica into the details of the stimulus package, and what New York stands to receive. Then, Congressman Anthony Weiner (D- Brooklyn and Queens), on what he sees in the bill for the ...

How much good will President Obama’s stimulus plan do for the states that are hurting the most? An analysis by the investigative journalists at ProPublica has found that much of the t...

Who's responsible for allocations in the stimulus package? Who decided that roads would get $30 billion, transit would get $9 billion, and that the "smart grid" would get $11 billion...

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Gov. David Paterson has picked Democratic U.S. Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand to fill New York's vacant U.S. Senate seat. At the press conference announcing the governor's pick, take a look at who's right next to ...

Follow Takeaway Political Director Andrea Bernstein to her prime, second-row seat at the inauguration of Barack Obama on January 20, 2009, in Washington, D.C. Download the video

Now safely inside and thawed (minus about seven layers of clothing) I’ve been listening to NPR, where the consensus seems to be that the speech was dark. But I found it strangely hope...

Countless hours to arrive in Washington, six hours in sub-freezing temperatures, and some folks with tickets couldn’t even get in after the blue gate was shut down. Then it was a two-...

Now safely inside and thawed (minus about seven layers of clothing) I've been listening to NPR, where the consensus seems to be that the speech was dark. But I found it strangely hopeful. After all, the revolutionary warriors made it through the icy waters, the soldiers whispering from Arlington are ...

Countless hours to arrive in Washington, six hours in sub-freezing temperatures, and some folks with tickets couldn't even get in after the blue gate was shut down. Then it was a two-hour line just to get in to the Capital South metro station. Did it matter? Nope. A family from ...

Barack Obama is now the President of the United States of America. We hear reactions to the speech and the transition from people in New York City...and from around the world. First, we check in with WNYC's Andrea Bernstein, Todd Zwillick from Capitol News Connection and The Takeaway, and Siddhartha ...

People gather during the inauguration of Barack Obama. (Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)

 

Andrea Bernstein comments as the ceremony begins:

Simple, elegant, a call to service. We may not know ...

The Brian Lehrer Show’s special coverage of the presidential inauguration.

Two rows from the band, which is right in front of the podium. Dressed in four layers, rode a (full) metro at 4:30 a.m. By 4:45 a.m. the mall was filling with a crowd that just wanted...

The Takeaway's Andrea Bernstein is on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. right now waiting and waiting. She joins us for a report on what she's seeing, who she is meeting, and what...