Ladies and Gentlemen: We have a stimulus bill
After duking it out for almost 24 hours, Congress finally passed an economic stimulus bill. The final number? $789 billion, which is big, but is a smaller sum than the original House and Senate versions. The bill is expected to be passed by the House and Senate tomorrow and signed into law by President Obama on Monday. We now turn to Capitol News Connection’s Todd Zwillich, who was in the conference committee meeting where the details of the bill were worked out.
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