Friday, March 2, 2012

Republicans insist stimulus plan is flawed

House Republican leaders are standing firm in their opposition to the stimulus plan that President Barack Obama is asking Congress to approve.

Just ahead of a House vote that they're expected to lose along party lines, Republicans insisted Wednesday that their own plan, focusing on tax relief, would create twice as many new jobs _ 6.2 million _ as the plan Obama is pushing, while costing about half as much.

House Minority Leader John Boehner said Republicans remain "disappointed" in the stimulus plan coming to a vote. He says it includes a "lot of wasteful spending that won't create jobs."

He says the GOP plan for "fast-acting tax relief" would "create jobs and preserve jobs in America."

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