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Additions by Senate Push Stimulus Near $1 Trillion

Feb. 3, 2009
The Senate pushed the cost of the economic stimulus package above $900 billion by adding billions for medical research and tax breaks for car buyers.
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A U.S. Air Force B-52 flies over the Vietnam Veterans Memorial during commemoration of 50th anniversary of the war on May 28, 2012 in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama is at the base of the wall left center. More than 58,000 names of the servicemen who were killed or missing in the war are engraved on The Wall. The B-52 bomber was used extensively during the Vietnam War. UPI/Pat Benic