Selasa, 10 Februari 2009

Senate, House stimulus bill comparison

by Frank James

For anyone trying to get a handle on the differences between the Senate and House versions of the economic stimulus legislation, the Senate Finance Committee has issued a handy document on those two bills with a side-by-side comparison of the provisions in both bills.

You'll quickly notice that the Senate Finance document doesn't contain dollar amounts for the various provisions. That's where a comparison from ProPublica, the non-profit journalism organization, is very useful because it has the amounts.


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