Senate urged to support stimulus plan
President Bush’s chief negotiator on an economic stimulus plan said the Senate should quickly get behind a plan or risk drawing the resentment of a frustrated public.
The president and leaders in the House have agreed on a proposal to provide tax rebate checks to 117 million families and give businesses $50 billion in incentives to invest in new plants and equipment.
“I don’t think the Senate is going to want to derail that deal,” Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson said. “And I don’t think the American people are going to have much patience for anything that would slow down the process.”
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