msnbc.msn.com - 2/11/2009
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Negotiators hoped to seal agreement on President Barack Obama's economic stimulus package Wednesday after making good progress in the first rounds of closed-door talks.
online.wsj.com - 2/11/2009
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online.wsj.com —
Congress and the White House are near agreement
on a $789.5 stimulus bill that would trim tax...
cuts intended to spur auto and home sales.
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Deal Nears on Stimulus Plan
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 2/11/2009
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WASHINGTON (CNN) –Despite talk of a deal, the
stimulus saga isn't over — a deal has not...
been reached. CNN can confirm that Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid is in Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office at this hour, trying to persuade her to ...
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Holdup in stimulus talks means no deal just yet
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Stimulus: Deal Finally Reached
The Latest on Air America —
A $789 billion economic stimulus agreement between the House and Senate has been reached. The announcement was officially made in a press conference led by Senator Harry Reid, where he promised that more than one-third of the funding will go towards tax-cuts. More news after the jump. Senate majority leader Harry Reid announced that negotiators had "bridged differences" between an $820 billion dollar House version of the package and an $838 billion version passed by the Senate. "The middle ground we've reached creates more jobs than the original Senate bill and costs less ...
Pelosi Still Fighting For More Stimulus Spending
Open Left - Front Page —
Earlier today, when reports of a deal were reached on the stimulus plan, it was also noted that Speaker Pelosi did not appear at the press conference announcing the deal: ...
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austrianeconomists.typepad.com 1/28/2009 — One of the (correct) complaints about the proposed stimulus plan is that it's full of all kinds of programs that would appear to have nothing to do with any accepted economic theory about what sorts of spending could even possibly...
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news.yahoo.com 1/23/2009 — AP - Congressional leaders and President Barack Obama are having a hard time finding common ground on an economic recovery plan as Republican resistance to the stimulus package emerges in the House.
Pelosi's Summary of the Stimulus Deal: Read it Here
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 2/12/2009 — House Democratic aides haven't formally released the details of the stimulus deal yet, but we've got the information -- thanks to the reader who sent it in.
Note that the school-building fund sought by House Democrats, which sparked an internal ...
How the stimulus might help Illinois -
chicagotribune.com 2/3/2009 — WASHINGTON — If the Obama administration's economic stimulus package is passed and signed into law, the first way most working people in Illinois would feel it would be a small increase in their take-home pay, through a tax cut of about $10 per week ...
Heat on for foreclosure fix —
CNN Political Ticker 2/11/2009
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) – A day after Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said it would be a few weeks before he unveils a solution for the housing crisis, regulators and lawmakers pressed financial institutions to suspend foreclosures until the ...
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