Stories from Saturday, February 14, 2009

WASHINGTON -- Nebraska's Senator Ben Nelson delivered this statement on the Senate floor shortly before the Senate voted on the Economic Recovery Act, a package of tax cuts and job creation measures aimed at revitalizing the American economy. Nelson voted for the bill...

* Only ¼ of the bill is tax relief, which means that ¾ of the bill is spending. n Tax relief to small businesses makes up only a sliver of the overall package, roughly 2.2 billion or 0.28 percent, despite the fact that small businesses generated 60 to 80 percent of net new jobs annually over the last decade...