News: WSJ: "House Passes Stimulus Package: $819 Billion Jolt to Economay Aims to Reshape Education, Healthcare; Defecit to Soar" ... The House bill is one of the largest single stimulus packages in history, almost equal to the entire cost of annual federal spending under Congress's discretion. A parallel Senate measure, which is expected to come to a vote next week, is now valued at nearly $900 billion.