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Byline: Audrey Dutton
Senate Democratic leaders unveiled a second economic stimulus package yesterday that would provide $56.2 billion in federal funding, including large infusions of cash to finance highway infrastructure and airport construction, and bond-related state revolving funds for wastewater projects.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., told reporters yesterday that she expects the stimulus measure to be considered today in the House. If approved, it would go to the Senate for a vote.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Senate Appropriations Committee chairman Robert C. Byrd, D-W.V., released a joint statement yesterday with the details of the economic recovery package....
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