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 Senators reach deal on US stimulus bill 
(Agencies) 
 
Updated: 2009-02-07 12:43 
 Washington - US Democratic senators agreed Friday on a scaled-back US$780 billion fiscal stimulus package, a potentially big win for President Barack Obama but undercut by scant Republican support. 
 
 "We do not want this recession we're in to march into a depression," said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat, confident he had the votes for passage. With the United States in the grip of the worst economic crisis in more than 70 years -- a report on Friday showed nearly 600,000 jobs were lost in December -- Obama has demanded that a bill be put on his desk by February 16.  | 
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