Senate Dems Push For Stimulus In Biden Talks

The Hill reports:

Senate Democrats on Wednesday formally backed putting stimulus measures such as a payroll tax deduction into the deficit-reduction package being negotiated by Vice President Biden and six members of Congress.

No formal proposal will be tabled in the session of the talks to be held Wednesday by Sens. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) or Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii). The group is still reviewing various stimulus proposals and is not "wedded" to any one, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) told reporters.

“As part of deficit reduction, we can have job creation embedded as part of the deficit-reduction package. That’s what we are asking today,” he said.