Last night the House of Representatives passed the $819 billion dollar stimulus package. It goes to the Senate now, where barring a filibuster the stimulus package will soon be headed to states soon.
According the SF Gate:
President Obama scored his first legislative victory as the House passed an $819 billion economic stimulus package Wednesday night, but his bipartisan outreach failed to net even one Republican vote.
If he was upset with the outcome, Obama didn't show it. After the vote, he invited top House and Senate leaders of both parties to the White House for cocktails, hoping to smooth the way for the bill in the Senate, which could begin debating the bill later this week.
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