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Senators Announce Stimulus Agreement
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A lot of intense give and take to reconcile the House and Senate versions of the Stimulus bill, and the resulting outcome of a $789 billion stimulus bill. It includes about $70 billion relief for taxpayers from the alternative minumum tax in 2009, and has reductions in investments in health care, education, school renovations and other items of spending. A bipartisan group of Senators led by Democrat Ben Nelson of Nebraska played a critical role in the final review, keeping the stimulus closer to $700 billion.
Obama's political capital in the first 100 days.
02/11/2009
The struggle to get the Stimulus Plan passed and other efforts of the first 100 days. THe failure to get any Republican support. At the same time the risk to the Republicans that Dasvid AAxelrod points out in the Fran Rich column in the NYT.
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