Holder goes into details about how the Justice Department is working on meeting the mass budget cuts in a letter to Senator Barbara Mulkuski (Chairwoman of Committee on Appropriations).

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The pushback came a day after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi suggested more stimulus spending might be needed, and the top Democrat on the Appropriations Committee said he had already instructed his staff to begin working on a bill.

CNN: House Dems say no new stimulus in the works

Earlier this week, Pelosi suggested more stimulus spending might be needed, and the top Democrat on the Appropriations Committee, David Obey, said he had already instructed his staff to begin working on a bill.

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