Senators Reach Accord on Stimulus Plan as Jobs Vanish - NYTimes.com

The fine print was not immediately available, and the numbers were shifting. But in essence, the Democratic leadership and two centrist Republicans announced they had struck a deal on about $110 billion in cuts to the roughly $900 billion legislation — a deal expected to provide at least the 60 votes needed to send the bill out of the Senate and into negotiations with the House, which has passed its own version.

Senators Reach Accord on Stimulus Plan as Jobs Vanish - NYTimes.com