Price Rises on Bipartisanship

GOP Senators Exact a Toll

By Emily Pierce
Roll Call Staff

Feb. 17, 2009, 12 a.m.

Senate Democrats discovered over the past few weeks that there can be a hefty price to pay for bipartisanship after a trio of Senate Republicans compelled them to shave more than $100 billion off the economic stimulus bill.

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