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Last week, the House Appropriations Committee posted a copy of the economic stimulus bill, called the “American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009,” online. Though it hasn’t been officially introduced yet, in a statement released Thursday, the committee said the bill would be considered by ...
Stimulus Bill Near $900 Billion
Stimulus Bill Near $900 Billion
online.wsj.com — [stimulus] See how some of the major stimulus spending will be shared by the states.... (more) Stimulus Bill Near $900 Billion
Stimulus Bill Draft Circulated By Dems: Full Text
huffingtonpost.com — A draft summary of the stimulus plan is circulating among House Democrats on the Hill. Below is... the outline of the $825 billion proposal: * * * SUMMARY: AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT The economy is in a crisis not seen since the Great Depression. ... (more) Stimulus Bill Draft Circulated By Dems: Full Text
Stimulus for Who?
safehaven.com — This week the House is expected to pass an $825 billion economic stimulus package. In reality, this... bill is just an escalation of a government-created economic mess. As before, a sense of urgency and impending doom is being used to extract ... (more) Stimulus for Who?
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Stimulus Contest
Marginal Revolution — ... Take any part of the stimulus bill and write a short case for why it’s good or bad. (Recommended: search the bill for “$” - there are more than 350 of them.) Pick anything - from an entire government department to the smallest program. You can even pick a non-spending provision in the bill that you think will do good or bad. ...

Text of the stimulus bill (by Russell Roberts)
Cafe Hayek — It's here where you'll also find it in PDF form if you'd like.

Obama’s First Broken Campaign Promise
Cato @ Liberty — ... Freedom of Information Act and an Open Government Directive, I noted the absence of concrete action on the part of the White House itself. The new administration did not port over the transition’s excellent “Seat at the Table” program, in which documents submitted to the transition team were posted online and subjected to public comment. That failure I called “The Transparency Dog that Didn’t Bark.” The economic stimulus bill contains a helpful, if imperfect, requirement for disclosure of ...

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Stimulus Bill Near $900 Billion
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