The Stimulus Battle May Have Just Begun

WashPost: Republicans have made their own bet on the bill: that it will have been deemed a failure by the 2010 elections.

Plus: Local officials facing budget deficits are jockeying for the upper hand in deciding how money from the federal stimulus package will be spent in their regions.

And: The bill will, for the first time, provide substantial financing for the government to compare different treatments for the same illness.