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Virgil
02-17-2009, 10:58 PM
Only the introduction to the numbers is copied below. The numbers are at http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/STIMULUS_FINAL_0217.html
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* February 17, 2009

Getting to $787 Billion

After a month of wrangling, 246 House Democrats, 57 Senate Democrats and three Senate Republicans voted late last week to pass a compromise economic recovery package of spending provisions, tax cuts and aid to laid-off workers and their families. The 1,073-page bill, signed into law Monday by President Obama, contains hundreds of provisions. This is how they add up. Click the columns to sort by amount or type of spending, and see a summary table below.