Senators Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, Ben Nelson of Nebraska, Susan Collins of Maine, and Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania spoke with reporters yesterday about efforts to reach agreement on the Senate version of the economic stimulus bill.
(J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE/ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Deal reached on $780b stimulus
Maine Republicans key to Senate compromise
Senators Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, Ben Nelson of Nebraska, Susan Collins of Maine, and Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania spoke with reporters yesterday about efforts to reach agreement on the Senate version of the economic stimulus bill.
(J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE/ASSOCIATED PRESS)
WASHINGTON - Senate Democrats emerged yesterday evening from days of negotiations to declare that they had reached a deal with at least three moderate Republicans and now have the votes to approve their own pared down version of the economic stimulus package that passed the House last week. (Full article: 1078 words)
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