Fox News

The House’s No. 2 Democrat said Sunday that he is not satisfied with the results of the stimulus so far, but it’s too soon to consider a second package since not all of the $787 billion has been released yet.

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., said the Obama administration inherited an economy that saw 2 million jobs lost in the three months before President Obama took office.

He said only 130 days have passed since the stimulus was enacted and it needs more time to work.

“I don’t think anybody can honestly say that we’re satisfied with the results so far of the stimulus. But we believe the stimulus was absolutely essential,” Hoyer said on “FOX News Sunday.”

“We have to get the money that is already in the stimulus bill out, and we’re looking at that. … We certainly want to see how this develops over the next few months.”

WBAL TV

Millions of Americans on Social Security are receiving $250 checks as part of the president’s stimulus plan — including an Anne Arundel woman who’s dead.

The woman’s son, 83-year-old James Hagner, said his mother has been dead for more than 40 years.

That didn’t stop her from getting a stimulus check though.

“It shocked me and I laughed all at the same time and I told her how in the world could they ever do this?” Hagner said. “I don’t even expect to get one for myself and I get one for my mother from 43 years ago ‘Kind of strange right’ Yes sir.”

Social Security representatives said there is a good explanation. Of the about 52 million checks that have been mailed out, about 10,000 of those have been sent to people who are deceased.

The agency blames the error on the strict mid-June deadline of mailing out all of the checks, which didn’t leave officials with much time to clean up all of their records.