Let’s Get the Actual Terms of the Economic Stimulus Plan
Posted by Jim Harper
Congress returns to work this week to consider an economic stimulus plan. The Senate comes in Monday and the House on Wednesday.
While the broad outlines of that plan can be determined from reading news reports and watching President-Elect Obama’s first weekly address, the details are what matter.
The broad outlines:
- Extension of unemployment benefits. [...]
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Annual Spending Process Largely Ignored
Posted by Jim Harper
This Associated Press article notes what I wrote here yesterday morning about the annual spending process and the October 1 start of the new fiscal year:
If Congress spends $700 billion this week on a financial services bailout, at least we’ll know where that money went. Before the month is out, Congress will spend hundreds [...]
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