Chiding Senate Republicans in February for trying to slow passage of the Democrats’ spendthrift “so-called stimulus” package, Ma’am Barbara Boxer said swift action was necessary because jobs “ were being lost every minute “. In a statement made after the Senate passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (AKA the “stimulus”), legislation Mrs. Boxer’s office claimed would “save or create millions of jobs and stabilize an economy in crisis,” the Golden State’s junior Senator repeated this