The massive economic-stimulus plans in Congress dramatically lowball the real amount of increased welfare spending - with one estimate predicting it may be more than triple the forecasts, according to a new report. The true welfare cost could be as much as $787 billion, not the $264 billion that supporters have claimed, the study by the conservative Hertitage Foundation found.

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NYT: Obama thanked Collins, Snowe, Specter for their “patriotism”

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