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The Jobless Hold Their Breath
Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines — ... would expand benefits and compensation to the unemployed. With the economic meltdown vaporizing more and more jobs, here’s hoping Congress gets it done before February. ...

Stimulating talk
Political Animal — ... for workers and businesses, including tax incentives for businesses to hire employees and invest in equipment. We're also looking at a much slower schedule than previously hoped. There had been some talk that Congress could have a bill waiting for the new president's signature by the time he took office. The leadership on the Hill is vowing to move " just as quickly as we can ," but given ...

Hey, Steny: Stop doing the GOP's work for them
Daily Kos — So Steny Hoyer goes on FOX News Sunday, and here's the headline he's rewarded with: Hoyer Says Don’t Expect Stimulus Package Soon Representative Steny Hoyer of Maryland, the House majority leader, expressed doubt on Sunday that the Jan. 20 goal set by some for getting a stimulus package before the new president could be met. "It’s going to be difficult to get the package together that early," he said. Instead, he told "Fox News Sunday," lawmakers hoped to have it to the new president by mid-February. [Like the ...