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The Associated Press: Obama, Democrats plan $500B economic package
5 hours ago WASHINGTON (AP) Congressional Democrats and President-elect Barack Obama are laying the groundwork for quick enactment in January of a giant, two-year economic rescue package that will total about a half-trillion dollars. His economic team in place, Obama has tasked his aides with ...
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Obama, Dems Have $500B Economic Package in the Works
The Page by Mark Halperin — ... AP: Declining repeatedly to estimate the cost of the plan, Obama said, "It's going to be costly."       ...

Early Morning Swim
Firedoglake — ... Obama's stimulus package: $500B? Treasury, fed to boost consumer financing. Minn. Senate recount update. Georgia runoff within the margin of error. Ted Kaufman tapped to replace Biden. Fixing FEMA. Blanket pardons coming for torturers? The post-election racist backlash. Bobby Jindal in Iowa. 

Obama, Dems Have $500B Economic Package in the Works
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