The U.S. House of Representatives today passed President Obama’s $819 billion stimulus package in an effort to jumpstart the country’s worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. In a 244-188 vote, the lower body of the American legislative branch, agreed to a plan that former Treasurer Summers says will create 3-4 million jobs. The bill will now be sent to the U.S. Senate where, if passed, it will be implemented immediately.
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