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Link o' rama on the stimulus

Well, it looks like there is a deal on the stimulus in the senate...Republicans to support the bill: Collins, Snowe, Specter. Not really surprising, moderates all.

Some other stuff on the stimulus:
  • Mark Hemingway at the Corner on National Review lists items that got cut in the compromise (it looks like Jeff Merkley's pet projects for forest work aid got cut).
  • Douglas Holtz-Eakins at NewMajority finds Obama's praise of House Democrats' "discipline" to be more than a little shocking.
  • The Wall Street Journal quotes the Congressional Budget Office as saying the stimulus may not create any jobs right away...

and here is the CBO's page that contains their reports on the stimulus.

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