Stimulus plan set for vote in Senate
The economic stimulus bill faces its key test vote in the Senate today. If the vote goes according to the Democrats’ plan, the bill will be finalized tomorrow. But, the vote in and of itself is not a stimulus plan and the road to passage has been bitterly partisan. Here with a road map for the negotiations ahead are David Herszenhorn of the New York Times and Jay Newton-Small, Washington Correspondent for Time Magazine.
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