Senate Breaks Stimulus Stalemate
Senate Breaks Stimulus Stalemate
By ANDREW TAYLOR and JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS – February 7, 2008
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans and Democrats agreed Thursday to add rebates for 20 million older people and 250,000 disabled veterans to a House-passed economic aid plan, ending a partisan stalemate.
The breakthrough came when Democrats, under pressure from party colleagues in the House, agreed to drop their insistence on adding jobless benefits, heating aid for the poor and business subsidies. Senate Democrats said they would allow a vote on a proposal that extends the tax rebates to Social Security retirees and disabled veterans.
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