Senator Susan Collins, a Maine Republican, and Senator Ben Nelson, a Nebraska Democrat, are among a number of moderate senators working in consultation with the White House as the stimulus debate continues.
(LAUREN VICTORIA BURKE/ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Negotiations stall on stimulus package
Senators fail to make a deal
Senator Susan Collins, a Maine Republican, and Senator Ben Nelson, a Nebraska Democrat, are among a number of moderate senators working in consultation with the White House as the stimulus debate continues.
(LAUREN VICTORIA BURKE/ASSOCIATED PRESS)
WASHINGTON - The Senate adjourned last night without passing a Democratic economic-stimulus plan, after a day of negotiations by a bipartisan group working to trim from it as much as $100 billion and fashion a compromise lean enough to win the Republican votes necessary for passage. (Full article: 997 words)
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