To having Democrats in charge. The Lily Ledbetter act passes the Senate but the bill must go back to the House due to some minor changes. President Obama should soon sign the bill into law. Republican Senators Arlen Spector, Lisa Murkowski, Olympia Snow, Kay Bailey Hutchinson, and Susan Collins all voted Yea.
Sen Tom Harkin(D-IA) met with Obama's economic team and did not like the plans for the proposed stimulus package. He thought the package was focused too much on tax cuts and used the Reaganesque phrase trickle-down to describe the stimulus.