WASHINGTON — Congressional leaders and the Bush administration were close to reaching a deal on a $145 billion economic stimulus package on Wednesday night as the Treasury Department crunched the numbers on components of the plan, senior House officials said.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California met three times Wednesday with Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. and the House Republican leader, Representative John A. Boehner of Ohio, who have served as chief architects of the plan in a rare show of bipartisanship.
On her way into an evening meeting, Ms. Pelosi said there had been “tremendous” progress during the day.
“I’m hopeful,” she said. “We’re still working through.”...
Dr. Alan Cairns | 3/9/2009
