Senate passes stimulus bill

The Senate passed its version, $819 billion worth, of Barack Obama's stimulus bill. The House version rolls in at $838 billion.

The tally in the upper chamber was 61-37. Three Republicans, Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, and Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe of Maine broke ranks and voted for this boondoggle.

The bill now heads to a Congressional conference committee, and my guess is that the cost of the stimulus bill will head back up.

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