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Bingaman Expects Final Stimulus Plan to Reflect the Senate Version

By Evan Woodward

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Las Cruces, NM – Today the United States Senate passed their version of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act by a vote of 61 to 37; with the support of just three Republican Senators. As KRWG's Evan Woodward reports, New Mexico's Senior Senator Jeff Bingaman says the final bill sent to President Barack Obama is more likely to resemble the Senate's version.