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Obama wins House passage of economic stimulus

 
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama scored his first major legislative victory on Wednesday with passage of an $825 billion economic stimulus package by a sharply divided U.S. House of Representatives on a 244-188 vote. (link)

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