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Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe of Maine were two of just three Senate Republicans to vote for the federal stimulus package in 2009. The third, Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, later switched parties and lost in a 2010 Democratic Senate primary.
So perhaps it's no surprise that the topic of the $787 billion stimulus package - defenders say it created enough jobs to stave off catastrophe, while critics point to still-high unemployment as evidence of a boondoggle - was broached by reporters on Capitol Hill last week who questioned Snowe about President Obama's jobs plan.See the full content of this document
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Jobs Plan Won't Pass As Written
Snowe didn't defend the package as a smashing success - but she didn't back off her contention that it was a necessary evil.
Could the stimulus have worked better? "Absolutely," said Snowe, saying that the "shovel-read...See the full content of this document
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