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Jamie Dupree's Washington Insider

Jamie Dupree's Washington Insider Archive for Thursday, January 29, 2009 

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Text of the Senate Stimulus Bill

Here is the text of S. 336, the Senate economic stimulus bill, the companion to H.R. 1, the "American Recovery and Reinvestment Act" which was approved by the House. I haven't had time to go through this and really see what the differences are with the House bill, so there ...

Change Is Here Already

Even as the Senate preps for a debate next week on an economic stimulus bill, it's already obvious that "change" has come to Washington, D.C., ten days after Barack Obama was sworn in as President. Yesterday, Obama signed into law his first bill, a measure on pay equity for women. ...

Making Your Voices Heard

We have witnessed in recent years how a groundswell of public opinion can change the course of legislation, as voters call and write their lawmakers to demand action. So far, I haven't seen major evidence that this is occurring on the stimulus bill, but there is still time for it ...

GOP Looks For Stimulus Traction

After watching Democrats steamroll to victory in the House the day before on a massive economic stimulus bill, Senate Republicans are trying to figure how best to grapple with Democrats on this bill. "The bill produced by the Democratic Congress falls short on a number of important fronts," said Senate ...

Highlights of the House Stimulus Bill

A lot of people have been emailing me asking for more information about the stimulus legislation in the Congress, as the debate on this shifts over to the Senate. You can look at the House version of the bill at http://www.rules.house.gov/111/LegText/111_hr1_text.pdf Here is a general run down of the provisions ...

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