President Obama will get to see how his stimulus plan plays in Peoria on Thursday.
How much money would your stimulus plan put in the pockets of the average South Carolinian?
Has the Republican Party taken a hit because they opposed the stimulus plan?
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The House passed its version of the stimulus plan last week without a single Republican vote.
But support for a stimulus plan with tax cuts climbs to 70 percent among Republicans.
The stimulus plan looks like it will help only with the first goal--if it helps at all.
Hence, any stimulus plan must include debt relief if we are serious about seeing our economy survive.
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The stimulus plan has protected public-sector employees from layoffs, but it has not sparked private-sector job creation.
And as I said here on Monday, some big new stimulus plan is not in the offing.
In overnight news, the Bank of Japan announced another monetary stimulus plan Thursday, which was not unexpected.
The stimulus plan triggered a stock surge at home--the Shanghai Composite leaped almost 7.3%--and around the world.
Webman says he doubts a QE2 style stimulus plan to be announced by Bernanke or even hinted to.
McConnell on Monday dismissed the idea that Republicans are trying to block passage of the economic stimulus plan.
However, there is no clear consensus regarding whether Bernanke will spell out a fresh stimulus plan on Friday.
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The effects of the last stimulus plan will run out soon, removing the safety net beneath the economy.
In contrast, the tax provisions that were effective under the Obama stimulus plan would be allowed to expire.
Over the weekend, he announced broad plans for a two-year economic stimulus plan that would create 2.5 million jobs.
Obama is not "under any great illusion" that Bush will support a second economic stimulus plan, the aide said.
The earliest the stimulus plan could be signed into law would be mid-February.
He was right to go for a big, bold and immediate stimulus plan.
The president instituted his job program in 2009: His big stimulus plan, backed by the Federal Reserve's active monetary creation.
The new U.S. administration has stated its intention to address the challenges of transparency and accountability in its stimulus plan.
Both Republicans and Democrats have admitted that any economic stimulus plan of this scale will mean a return to deficit spending.
But the Republican senator later dropped out because of opposition to the president's stimulus plan and issues involving the 2010 census.
The economy contracted 1.7% in 2009, but rising exports and the government's stimulus plan helped pull Malaysia out of its recession.
How much influence the minority GOP will have on the final drafting of the stimulus plan is an open question.
The difference is that a stimulus plan in China was done in an underlying atmosphere where there was pretty strong demand anyway.
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The question, what is your biggest concern about the economic stimulus plan?
For all those shortcomings, the stimulus plan gets one big thing right.
While waiting in the Forbes on Fox studios this morning, I caught a video of Barack Obama talking up his stimulus plan.
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