Friday, February 6, 2009

Update On Recovery Bill Status


Taegan rounds it up for us.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) will allow a "centrist, bipartisan group" of U.S. Senators to continue negotiating over the size of the economic stimulus plan "and that, if it reaches consensus, he will schedule a vote for today on final legislation. If that fails, he will call for a rare Sunday session for a key procedural vote that would require 60 votes for passage," the Washington Post reports.

"Senate approval would lead to a House-Senate conference next week, when congressional leaders would try to work out differences, with the goal of sending a compromise bill to Obama's desk before Presidents' Day, Feb. 16."

Politico: "Central to the drama is a bipartisan bloc of 12 to 18 senators... who hold the balance of power and are struggling among themselves over how best to scale back the $924 billion package."

Meanwhile, the National Journal looks at how President Obama gets to a filibuster-proof 60 votes on the stimulus package.

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