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From Associated Press .... "The bill was passed 246-183 with no Republican help. It now goes to the Senate where a vote was possible late Friday to meet a deadline of passing the plan before a recess begins next week." "Republicans said the package won't work because it has too little in...

As the only other country with a sizeable stimulus plan what do you think we learn from it? China's plan was passed in November and is already having a noticeable affect. Here's the part that bothers me the most... Almost all of China's roughly $580B (roughly 4T yuan) goes into...

edit, that is a pretty harsh comment. The stimulus package was supposed to be an emergency economic recovery package. What's the emergency here? Is your only argument for so many pet projects in the bill that it spends money? Spending is only part of the answer, not all of it. What about...

Whoah nelly. Someone had too much caffeine today. You may be right ray, but I thought Obama's platform was against business as usual. Government was broken, right? No more failed politics of the last eight years. Seems like it works just fine for him now. Or should I say it works fine...

And what accomplishments are those? Was the stimulus bill his? Everyone talked about the need for a stimulus bill. It wasn't his idea. Also, I seem to recall criticism that he was asleep at the wheel while Pelosi and Reed ran it. And then allowed it to be drenched in earmarks. Despite...