Lawmakers announced that there was agreement between House and Senate for a federal stimulus package, which now totals $789 billion. Senate Majority Leader Senator Harry Reid said, "The differences between the House and Senate versions, we’ve resolved." He also alluded to a lot of “give and take, and if you don’t mind my saying so, that’s an understatement.” Politico reports that President Obama, who took his case for a stimulus package to the public on Monday night, was very involved: "In the last 24 hours the president has stepped forward to put his stamp on the package and defuse intra-party wrangling while also putting new options on the table including scaling back his own tax cuts." (A House staffer told Politico, "Basically it is whatever Obama wants.") In other news, Treasury Secretary Geither defended the lack of bank bailout plan details, "We’re going to do this carefully, consult carefully, so we don’t put ourselves in the position again [where there are] quick departures and changes in strategy."