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reuters.com - 12/2/2008
House to push $500 billion stimulus bill
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi met leading governors on Monday to discuss the size and shape of an economic stimulus package that one Democratic aide said was likely to cost around $500 billion. The aide, who asked not to be identified, said the ...
Obama Eyes $500 Billion in Stimulus
online.wsj.com - 11/25/2008
Obama Eyes $500 Billion in Stimulus
— online.wsj.com — Obama and Bush are rushing to craft measures to bolster financial markets and prevent a policy vacuum... during the transition. Meanwhile, Paulson is considering tapping the second half of the government's rescue fund. (more) Obama Eyes $500 Billion in Stimulus

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news.yahoo.com - 12/8/2008
Obama says he won't be smoking in White House - Yahoo! News
— news.yahoo.com — WASHINGTON (Reuters) U.S. President-elect Barack Obama failed to give a straight answer when asked on a U.S.... talkshow on Sunday whether he had managed to quit smoking. In a country where cigarettes are responsible for one in five deaths and smoking ... (more) Obama says he won't be smoking in White House - ...

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US military defines Mahdi Army as "militia insurgency group"
longwarjournal.org - 11/30/2008
US military defines Mahdi Army as "militia insurgency group"
— longwarjournal.org — Muqtada al Sadr. The US military has begun to directly identify the Iranian-backed "Special Groups" Shia terror... groups with Muqtada al Sadr's Mahdi Army in press information issued in Baghdad. The direct association between the ... (more) US military defines Mahdi Army as "militia insurgency group"

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House To Push $500 Billion Stimulus Package For Obama To Sign On Day One
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... Nancy Pelosi says the House will push for a stimulus package in the range of $500 billion that will be ready for Barack Obama to sign when he is sworn in on January 20th: ...

House To Push $500 Billion Stimulus Package For Obama To Sign On Day One
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — ... Nancy Pelosi says the House will push for a stimulus package in the range of $500 billion that will be ready for Barack Obama to sign when he is sworn in on January 20th: ...

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