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Working Families Vote 2008
Voting on Stimulus Package Resumes: What to Look for as Vote Continues
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After several hours of debate, voting on amendments to the stimulus package has resumed in the Senate (watch it on C-SPAN here). The Republican alternative to the stimulus was handily defeated along partisan lines (keep refreshing this page for the roll call).
The amendments to look out for later tonight are:
It is still possible that there will be a final vote on the stimulus later tonight, once the amendments are finished. This is an open thread for Senate stimulus voting.
The Dodd amendment would apply strong executive-compensation requirements consistently to all recipients of TARP funds, regardless of whether they receive a capital injection, sell troubled assets at auction or have other types of transactions.
The amendment:
Tagged as: democrats, republicans, obama, dodd, stimulus
Chris Bowers was a full-time editor at MyDD from May 2004 until June 2007. Some of his projects have included the creation of the Liberal Blog Advertising Network, the first scientifically random poll of progressive, netroots activists, the Use It Or Lose It campaign, the nation's most accurate forecast of Democratic House pickups in 2006, and the 2006 Googlebomb the Elections campaign.
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