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The $827 billion measure is likely to pass next week despite stiff opposition from the GOP and disappointment among Democrats, including the new president who labeled it imperfect. "Democrats have controlled both branches of government for less than a month. And you have to wonder if all that power has gone to their heads," Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele said in the GOP's weekly address. "For the last two weeks, they've been trying to force a massive spending bill through Congress under the guise of economic relief."

(Highlights)“It’s going to get worse if they pass these stimulus plans. Remember Bushes first stimulus? It was obvious that wouldn’t work and they would come back for an even bigger stimulus. Stimulus’s are the equivalent of throwing gasoline on the fire. The problem with our economy is too much spending and too much borrowing. Unfortunately the solution is this recession, that credit is reigned in, that Americans don’t buy new cars and don’t buy new houses and start saving their money. We need capital available for private enterprise.” “This recession is not the problem. It’s the consequence of the problem....