Takeaway #1
Thursday Jan 15th the senate approved Obama's request for $350 billion. Obama committed to using $100 billion of the TARP for homeowners facing foreclosure.Takeaway #2
The senate's vote results were 52-42.Takeaway #3
Obama promised to veto the denial of the second half of the $700 billion from the TARP fund.
Takeaway #4
There was also a $825 billion economic recovery bill brought forth by the House democrats thursday. With the revisions the Senate would make, the total would likely get to $900 billion.Takeaway #5
The proposed stimulus measure had several components from free broadband for research, to paying for labor for cemeteries and monuments of american heros.
