An American cattleman. The Senate passed an $827 billion stimulus package with the help of three Republicans who forced Democrats to cut billions of dollars that would have provided aid to states and education programs. Economists said the cuts were "outrageous" and "disastrous." "The point is to keep lots of extra Americans from being unemployed for the next two years and have them, instead, do useful things for the country," said Berkeley economist J. Bradford DeLong. "[Senators Ben] Nelson and [Susan] Collins, well, it's not clear what their objective is." The House and the Senate were negotiating differences in their packages in the hopes of presenting
Weekly Review
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An American cattleman. The Senate passed an $827 billion stimulus package with the help of three Republicans who forced Democrats to cut billions of dollars that would have provided aid to states and education programs. Economists said the cuts were "outrageous" and "disastrous." "The point is to keep lots of extra Americans from being unemployed for the next two years and have them, instead, do useful things for the country," said Berkeley economist J. Bradford DeLong. "[Senators Ben] Nelson and [Susan] Collins, well, it's not clear what their objective is." The House and the Senate were negotiating differences in their packages in the hopes of presenting