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Published 2/12/2009 by Howard Kurtz at Wash Post In Congress

Half a day? That's how long it took for the House and Senate to hammer out a stimulus compromise -- a process that usually takes weeks or months. The Democrats should get chauffeured limos for Susan Collins, Olympia Snowe and Arlen Specter -- and pick up the tax bill as well. They provided the 60... (link)

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