Stimulus bill snag worked out, sources say

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Source: CNN

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Negotiators have worked out a disagreement between the Senate and House over education funding in the economic stimulus bill, Democratic leadership sources said Wednesday evening.

Details on how they settled it were not immediately available. Word that the final snags were being untangled came after back-and-forth reports Wednesday on the massive relief package's status.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid had announced a compromise bill early Wednesday afternoon. But about 90 minutes later, aides to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that, although Pelosi had known Reid was planning the announcement, the two were meeting again to iron out differences over a provision on education spending.

Senators had cut a plan to provide direct funding for school construction -- a priority for some Democrats -- and instead set aside money for governors to use on school modernization and rehabilitation. House Democrats did not believe that money would ultimately be targeted enough to school districts in need.

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[annabanana]

1. Does anyone know if DiFi snuck in her anti-net neutrality

copywrite protection language?

[Amerigo Vespucci]

2. From CNET, February 11, 2009 6:54 PM PST (a little over an hour ago)...

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10162315-38.html

The question remained as to what would be a reasonable approach to issues like Net neutrality.

Gigi Sohn, the president of Public Knowledge, criticized Senator Dianne Feinstein's (D-Calif.) failed attempt to modify the Net neutrality provisions in the so-called stimulus bill.

"The language would have equated reasonable network management with automatic copyright filtering," Sohn said. "Copyright filtering is not network management, it's content management."

Marks took issue with Sohn's interpretation of Feinstein's proposal, while Rick Carnes, president of the Songwriters Guild of America said Net neutrality provisions must consider antipiracy efforts.