Senate Scales Back Its Stimulus.

The article reports on the compromise economic stimulus bill proposed by the bipartisan senators with a $780 billion version of the measure (HR 1) that no longer contained Democratic funding for some education programs in the U.S. The compromise is predicted to cost less than the $940 billion bill under consideration on the Senate and the $819.5 billion measure passed by the House on January 28, 2009. It states that the compromise could win the support of Republicans to pass the bill. INSET: A Glut of Amendments.