politico.com - 2/6/2009
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Senate passage would allow the administration to move into final negotiations with both the House and Senate.
propublica.org - 2/10/2009
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propublica.org —
Michael Grabell , ProPublica - February 10, 2009
9:00 am EST If all goes as expected today,...
the Senate will pass an $838 billion economic stimulus plan that follows a compromise reached over the weekend. But before the package can go to President ...
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The Stimulus Bills: House vs. Senate
yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 2/8/2009
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yglesias.thinkprogress.org —
Claire McCaskill seems to be softening her line
on the Senate stimulus deal. She Tweets “Just saw...
Krugman’s comments on reduction in recov act. Question for him. Would no stimulus act be better than one thats 800 B instead of 900.” ...
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A Flawed Stimulus is Better than No Stimulus
thehill.com - 2/10/2009
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thehill.com —
House Democrats on Tuesday said they are prepared
to negotiate past Presidents Day rather than cave to...
GOP Senate centrists on the details of the economic stimulus package. Bucking warnings that the delicate Senate compromise passed Tuesday cannot be ...
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House Dems to fight for their stimulus
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Senators Reach Deal on Stimulus Package
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
Senate Democrats "were near a deal Friday to win passage of their economic recovery plan, as White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel came to the Capitol to meet with moderate Republicans and Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) called a Democratic caucus for the evening," Politico reports. ...
Hugh Hewitt: The Vince Flynn Interview and Amaze.fm
Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog —
... . The outlines of the "deal" on the stimulus convey only that the bill remains as awful and as partisan as it has been from the start. Getting Senators Collins, Snowe and Specter to support it does not in any way remedy President Obama's breach of a commitment to bipartisanship or a new way of legislating, and of course the three votes does nothing to remove the stench from the bill. The first reports suggest it remains a giant slab of special interest pork with little if any stimulative effect but enormous outyear costs. Hopefully the House and Senate GOP will refuse to ...
Hugh Hewitt: The Vince Flynn Interview and Amaze.fm
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog —
... . The outlines of the "deal" on the stimulus convey only that the bill remains as awful and as partisan as it has been from the start. Getting Senators Collins, Snowe and Specter to support it does not in any way remedy President Obama's breach of a commitment to bipartisanship or a new way of legislating, and of course the three votes does nothing to remove the stench from the bill. The first reports suggest it remains a giant slab of special interest pork with little if any stimulative effect but enormous outyear costs. Hopefully the House and Senate GOP will refuse to ...
Deal
Political Animal —
... she's on the fence. Sen. Ted Kennedy, still recuperating from an Inaugural Day seizure, has been called back to the Senate, and is reportedly en route to D.C. from Florida. It's also probably worth noting that the leadership apparently won't have to worry about any Democratic defections on this. Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad (D-N.D.), who hasn't exactly been a cheerleader for the measure, said he expects Democratic unanimity . "My sense from the caucus," he said, "was that the caucus was united, that the package had been improved, and people would support it." ...
Does Anyone Know How Big the Stimulus Is?
The Corner on National Review Online —
... : Democrats said the Senate plan totaled $780 billion while Republicans said that didn t include the cost of additions made on the Senate floor including tax cuts aimed at helping the housing and auto industries. Politico : While details are still incomplete, it appears the package, as initially brought to the Senate floor, will be scaled back...the total bill then would be in the range of $800 billion. ...
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corner.nationalreview.com 2/14/2009 — Collins, Snowe and Specter voted yes. Every other Republican voted no. Right now the Democrats are at 59 and holding the vote open for Sherrod Brown, who is flying back from his mother's wake to cast the deciding vote. So it's pretty much a done deal ...
Obama fires up House Dems over stimulus bill —
CNN.com - Politics 2/6/2009
President Barack Obama said Thursday that "the scale and the scope" of his economic plan is right, turning up the heat on critics he said were hawking "phony arguments" and "false theories of the past" to chip away at the bill's programs.
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Obama urges passage of stimulus —
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From NBC's Athena Jones At an event today to announce the members of his Economic Recovery Advisory Board, President Obama highlighted the latest jobs numbers and kept up his campaign-style rhetoric Friday, urging quick passage of the stimulus ...
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