Stimulus bill is laced with benefits for high-tech

To rally support for his administration’s economic recovery bill last week, President Barack Obama invited about a dozen chief executives, seven of them from technology and energy companies, to the Oval Office.

Some of their industries’ top lobbyists, meanwhile, gathered in another office where Jason Furman, a top White House economic adviser, delivered a private briefing for groups expected to benefit most from the stimulus bill.

By CHARLIE SAVAGE AND DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK
THE NEW YORK TIMES

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