Obama's Stimulus Bill Heads to Senate

The U.S. Senate has opened debate on President Barack Obama's massive economic stimulus package.

The price tag is already approaching $900 billion - and it's likely to grow.

Before the debate got under way, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell called for more mortgage relief and additional tax cuts, while Democrats conceded privately they will drop items that have drawn bipartisan criticism.

The White House today called Tom Daschle's failure to pay more than $100,000 in back taxes a "serious mistake," but the president still "absolutely" supports his nomination to be secretary of Health and Human Services.

President Barack Obama said on Monday he would set up an independent Board to review spending of his economic $800 billion-plus stimulus plan to pull the nation out of it's deep economic recession.

The Obama administration has asked the military's Joint Chiefs of Staff to cut the Pentagon's budget request for the fiscal year 2010 by more than 10 percent -- about $55 billion -- a senior U.S. defense official tells FOX News.

They discussed a proposed amendment to the US$880 billion stimulus bill that could, in part, keep Canadian steel products out of the U.S.

Day believes the move violates the terms of the North American Free Trade Agreement. He said he made Canada's position clear to Allgeier, but came away from the meeting with little more than a hint of reassurance that Canada would be exempted from the measure.