A look at the $787 billion stimulus package

US President-elect Barack Obama announce
President Barack Obama and his economic team pushed Congress to pass the massive stimulus package.
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President Barack Obama is expected to sign the stimulus bill into law later this week.

Darrell West from the Brookings Institution joins Midday to discuss the massive package and the politics behind it.

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