U.S. Sens. Patrick Leahy and Bernie Sanders of Vermont have voted for President Barack Obama’s economic recovery plan, which would provide approximately $374.9 million in federal stimulus money to Vermont to help revive the sagging economy.
Leahy, a Democrat and member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, says the plan will create and save jobs in Vermont, improve infrastructure, reduce the tax burden on struggling Vermont families, and relieve the state budget deficit.
Sanders, an independent, says the country is facing the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression and the time to take is now.
The Senate passed the measure 61-37 yesterday, with just three Republicans voting for it. Now it’s on its way to difficult House-Senate negotiations.