February 10th, 2009 // comments (0)

Senate Passes Stimulus Bill 61-37

All that bipartisan work landed Snowe and Specter…

The Senate approved an $838 billion economic recovery package bill Tuesday, as Democrats held on to the few Republican supporters who helped hammer out a compromise measure last week.

The bill passed by a vote of 61-37. Sixty votes were needed.

But the work has only just begun for congressional leaders in the House and Senate, who now must reconcile the differences between their two versions of the bill during what’s known as a conference committee.

Those negotiations could drive up the price tag of the bill as each chamber fights for its priorities. The House version of the bill is $819 billion.

Now off to the House…

Related:

• December 21, 2009 -- NO MORE STIMULUS
• February 13, 2009 -- Tom Price Shows Off The Stimulus
• January 28, 2009 -- Stimulus Passes House – 244-188
• January 28, 2009 -- $335,000,000 For STD Prevention
• January 27, 2009 -- Stimulus Dollars Headed To ACORN?
• January 26, 2009 -- Buried Deep Inside H.R. 1…
• January 24, 2009 -- H.R. 1 – Stimulus Package – Full Text
• February 5, 2010 -- UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DROPS
• January 29, 2010 -- GDP GROWS AT 5.7%
• January 21, 2010 -- JOBLESS CLAIMS RISE