Both houses of Congress agreed on between the final version of the "Obama plan".

KommentariiBeshenye dengi11.02.2009SShA identify three trillion dollars to save ekonomikiPredstaviteli Senate and House of Representatives of the U.S. Congress agreed on a final version of the bill to support the U.S. economy, reported Agence France - Presse on 11 February.
According to the leader of a democratic majority in the Senate, Harry Reid, the differences between the Senate and House versions were small, and they have been completely eliminated.
In the first reading of a bill, known as the Obama plan, the House of Representatives, was approved on 30 January, then February 10 has passed the approval in the Senate. In doing so, each chamber has made it its amendments, which need to be harmonized.
According to Senator Susan Collins (Susan Collins), the final wording of the bill involves the allocation of 789 billion dollars, which is lower than in the two considered versions of the bill. In doing so, 35 per cent of this amount will be allocated in the form of tax breaks, and the rest - in the form of direct investment. In addition, the final version of the creation of more jobs than in the original bill.
At the same time, as reported by CNN, the harmonization of the bill continued at the meeting of Harry Reid and Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelozi, who left to decide the allocation of 10 billion dollars to build and modernize schools. In the Senate version of this item is included in the "stabilization state", which involves the distribution of money through the state governors, while the House proposes to the extent necessary to provide them directly.