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GOP Balks at Stimulus Plan

Republicans, Democrats trade charges of under-the-table partisanship

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Jan 23, 2009 2:38 AM CST

(Newser) – The $825 billion stimulus plan before Congress has hit a wall of Republican objections despite the president's call for bipartisan unity, reports the Washington Post. GOP lawmakers charge that Democrats have shut them out of the decision-making process and that the plan pours cash into... Read full story »

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