The US House of Representative just passed H.R.1 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 244-188 after defeating the Republican’s proposal which was a collection of long-sought tax cuts. After a few legislative maneuvers (including trying to get recommit the bill with instructions back to the Appropriations Committee – effectively killing the bill), the bill was passed.
Note that all 177 Republicans vote against the bill. So President Obama hands a fig leaf out to the opposition, including tax cuts, and the Republicans complain for a week and then vote against it. Nice.