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House Releases $825 billion Economic Stimulus Bill

House Releases $825 billion Economic Stimulus Bill

Budget & Tax,  | Analysis
Jan 15, 2009 | 12 sec read | Print Article

Today, the House Appropriations committee released their portion of the proposed $825 billion economic stimulus package. Here is the legislation and here is the committee report.

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