What I need help with is the time line. I need to show that Dems knew about this bill, and it was mostly written before the economy tanked in October. My understanding is that it was pretty much done before the DNC Convention, used as a tool to head off any Clinton floor challenge (recall that Hillary won several later primaries).
The reason why the Dems could pass it within hours of its introduction as a Congressional bill is because they knew about it for months.
And, one reason it didn’t work as a “stimulus” is that it was never designed as such.
The souces in the google searches have dates. Can’t you bother to read them?