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Pelosi hopes for stimulus bill by Inauguration Day

By Associated Press
Monday, December 1, 2008 -

WASHINGTON - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is promising Congress will try to have a huge economic recovery bill ready for President-elect Barack Obama as soon as he takes office.

The California Democrat said today that lawmakers will press ahead in hopes the huge bill will be ready for Obama’s signature when he takes office on Jan. 20. The measure could total $500 billion for infrastructure, aid to states with their Medicaid costs and renewable energy development.

 
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