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Before Obama Made It 'Sexy': Trailblazing Caulkers

By Dave ThierDec 15th 2009 – 3:09PM
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(Dec. 15) -- Home insulation is "sexy," President Barack Obama declares. "Here's what's sexy about it: It saves money," he said at a Home Depot in northern Virginia. This morning the president made a pitch for a set of tax incentives, dubbed "Cash for Caulkers," to encourage retrofits of existing homes as a way of...

Obama Pushes 'Cash for Caulkers'

By Tamara LytleDec 8th 2009 – 7:29PM

WASHINGTON (Dec. 8) -- Cash for Caulkers may stick as the name. But a program proposed Tuesday by President Obama would give rebates to homeowners for a much broader range of projects to cut energy usage – like insulation, efficient appliances and new windows. And just like the Cash for Clunkers program for people...

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