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WSJ Tracks the Stimulus

Want to roll up your sleeves and pick through the different versions of the economic stimulus bill? The Wall Street Journal has what you need.
Their online feature, “The Stimulus Plans: How They Differ,” has broken out all the spending in the House and Senate bills and noted the differences between the two. Amounts [...]

A Whopping $1 Trillion in Stimulus Spending

Reuters reports:
President-elect Barack Obama’s team is considering a plan to boost the recession-hit U.S. economy that could be far larger than previous estimates and might reach $1 trillion over two years, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday.
That’s just under $1,000 per U.S. family.
Will it stimulate your economy for the government to tax [...]

WSJ Picks up on the Time-Wasting Congress Story

Last week, I wrote here about Congress passing through 10,000 introduced bills even while the annual spending process goes neglected.
Now the Wall Street Journal has picked up the story, coming at it from a slightly different angle. The story is called “As U.S. Economic Problems Loom, House, Senate Sweat the Small Stuff,” and reporter Elizabeth [...]