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Eye on the Stimulus

House Passes Bill

The House passed the economic stimulus package. From the NYT:

The House approved a $787 billion economic stimulus package Friday afternoon, with Democrats successfully promoting it as a boost for middle-class Americans and Republicans countering in vain that it will only stimulate wasteful government spending.

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