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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California, flanked by other Democratic leaders at a Monday news conference, announced plans for a second economic stimulus plan. She said Democrats would be shaping the package — focused on infrastructure and aid to states and the poor — even before the Nov. 4 election.
“We have been working closely with the Obama campaign because we want to have an initiative that responds to the needs of the American people,” she said. Because Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama travels around the country, “he hears the concerns of the American people. He knows what the right thing is to go forward.”
What Democratic leaders “want is something that will have legitimacy because it will have consensus,” she said. She apparently was referring to consensus among Democrats. As for Republicans, all they have offered is “rejection,” she said.
So rather than worry about President Bush or other Republicans, including presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, Democrats are listening to Obama, she said. “We are working closely with him,” she said.
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