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Obama, Senate Democratic leaders reach deal on stimulus

 

Published 2/7/2009 at L.A. Times - Politics

News of the biggest one-month loss of jobs in 35 years helps spur them to reach a compromise that would cost about $780 billion. > President Obama and Senate Democratic leaders, propelled by news of the biggest one-month loss of jobs in 35 years, hammered out a deal Friday evening that clears the way for Senate approval of a massive economic stimulus plan. (link)

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