Today Congressional leaders announced an agreement with the White House for an ecomomic stimulus package that would provide for rebate checks for American families.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-California, said at a Capitol Hill news conference.

"Tens of millions Americans will have a check in the mail. It is there to strengthen the middle class, to create jobs and to turn this economy around."

House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, said,

"I'm looking for quick action in the House. I hope that the Senate will follow quickly so that we can put this money in the hands of middle-income Americans as soon as possible."

Hubris, thy name is Congress.