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WASHINGTON (CNN) — Sen. John McCain says he'd vote against the bill backed by President Obama to pump up the economy. The former GOP presidential nominee said Monday on CNN's "American Morning" that he's working with a group of fellow Republican senators to come up with an alternative package that emphasizes payroll tax cuts, incentives for people to stay in their homes, and an end to the stimulus spending when the economy begins to recover. . . . . . McCain's hungry for more tax cuts in the bill, saying "we would like too to see more incentives such as...

WASHINGTON -- Senator John McCain says there's too much unnecessary spending and too few tax cuts in the Obama administration's economic proposals to stimulate the economy. The Arizona Republican and former presidential candidate also complains the plan has no "endgame." Interviewed Monday on CBS's "The Early Show," McCain said that after the economy recovers the U.S. should "be on a path to a balanced budget." Instead, he says, the Democrats' plan would burden future generations of Americans with the biggest budget deficit in history. He says it's time for both parties to sit down and negotiate. He says the Democrats...