In a 224-199 vote, the House approved a resolution allowing the stimulus bill to come to the floor for debate. Twenty-seven Democrats - 24 of them members of the conservative Blue Dog Coalition - bucked their leadership and voted against the measure after the Obama administration promised to return to "pay-as-you-go" budget rules after the stimulus is approved. |
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