An Ominous First Vote Reversal on Lands Bill.

The article covers issues related to U.S. politics and government as of January 2009. It notes that 66 senators voted to pass a $12 billion lands package on January 11. It relates that a battle on the stimulus package of President-elect Barack Obama is being prepared by the Congress. It cites that a resolution to stop the release of the second $350 billion of the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP) has been introduced by senators David Vitter, Jim DeMint, Jim Inhofe, Jim Bunning, Jeff Sessions and John Barrasso.