Stimulus package: What's in and out
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Congressional leaders and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson are narrowing their differences in search of a bipartisan economic stimulus deal that could move swiftly through Congress.
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Skeptical economists and a worried public question whether the rebates for more than 130 million Americans and tax breaks for businesses will be quick enough or effective enough to avert a recession
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REBATE DOUBTS: Despite remarkably quick passage, the economic aid plan and its cash rebates may come too late to prevent a recession this year. Critics say debt-burdened consumers will use the money to pay bills rather than spending the checks and spurring growth.
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The House of Representatives on Thursday gave final approval to a $151 billion economic stimulus package that President George W. Bush is expected to sign into law.
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The House voted on Tuesday to approve a $146 billion fiscal stimulus package, but the bipartisan deal is at risk as Senate Democrats forged ahead with their own, more expensive plan and jockeyed over what to include in it.
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An economic stimulus package to help stave off recession is on the fast track in Congress after Democratic and Republican leaders in the House of Representatives on Wednesday reached a rare agreement to quickly pull together a bipartisan plan.
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The tax rebate checks promised by the proposed economic stimulus package have yet to be approved by Congress, but that hasn't stopped scam artists from using public anticipation of the extra cash to con people into giving out personal and financial information, the Internal Revenue Service warned...
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US president proposes stimulus package of about $145b to stave off recession as economy struggles
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As negotiations begin on an economic stimulus package, the big fight will be over whether to put extra money in the hands of low-income families who paid little or no income tax last year.
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President Bush has decided that an economic stimulus package is needed to help the sagging economy, the White House said Thursday
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Economic stimulus proposals favored by Democrats, including tax rebates, extended unemployment benefits and a temporary increase in food stamps, are cost-effective ways for Congress to try to boost the economy, the Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday.
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President Bushâs suggestion of an economic stimulus package is the clearest indication yet of a growing concern inside the White House over the possibility of recession.
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Legislators are trying to attach tax breaks as part of a broad energy bill to an emergency economic aid package containing rebates for millions of taxpayers
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The two most popular tax preparation software packages are a lot like Coke and Pepsi, but this year they've added some new ingredients that make it easier to tell them apart.
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The White House and the Democratic-led Congress have reached a tentative deal on a $150 billion economic stimulus plan that includes tax rebates for workers and business investment incentives, congressional sources said on Thursday.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress today that lawmakers should enact a fiscal stimulus package to help beleaguered consumers as recession fears grow. Economists and politicians are increasingly worried about fallout from the subprime mortgage meltdown.
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Federal Reserve chief Ben S. Bernanke told lawmakers today it is "critically important" that any economic stimulus package take effect quickly if it is to help ward off recession, and the White House announced that President Bush would make a speech Friday laying out his criteria for such a program.