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Lobbyists, not Lawmakers, Priority for Copies of Porkzilla
« on: February 15, 2009, 11:41:17 AM »
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We're receiving E-mails from Capitol Hill staffers expressing frustration that they can't get a copy of the stimulus bill agreed to last night at a price of $789 billion. What's more, staffers are complaining about who does have a copy: K Street lobbyists. E-mails one key Democratic staffer: "K Street has the bill, or chunks of it, already, and the congressional offices don't. So, the Hill is getting calls from the press (because it's leaking out) asking us to confirm or talk about what we know—but we can't do that because we haven't seen the bill. Anyway, peeps up here are sort of a combo of confused and like, 'Is this really happening?'" Reporters pressing for details, meanwhile, are getting different numbers from different offices, especially when seeking the details of specific programs.

Worse, there seem to be several different versions of what was agreed upon, with some officials circulating older versions of the package that seems to still be developing. Leadership aides said that it will work out later today and promised that lawmakers will get time to review the bill before Friday's vote.
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/washington-whispers/2009/2/12/congressional-offices-dont-have-the-stimulus-bill-lobbyists-do.html

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Re: Lobbyists, not Lawmakers, Priority for Copies of Porkzilla
« Reply #1 on: February 15, 2009, 11:43:33 AM »
The dumbasses are complaining about this now?  THEY ****ING VOTED ON IT WITHOUT SEEING IT!!!!  That more then anything else pisses me off about this entire affair.
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Re: Lobbyists, not Lawmakers, Priority for Copies of Porkzilla
« Reply #2 on: February 15, 2009, 11:53:46 AM »
Quote from: djones520 on February 15, 2009, 11:43:33 AM
The dumbasses are complaining about this now?  THEY ****ING VOTED ON IT WITHOUT SEEING IT!!!!  That more then anything else pisses me off about this entire affair.
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Re: Lobbyists, not Lawmakers, Priority for Copies of Porkzilla
« Reply #3 on: February 15, 2009, 12:20:17 PM »
This my friends is change.
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Re: Lobbyists, not Lawmakers, Priority for Copies of Porkzilla
« Reply #4 on: February 15, 2009, 05:50:39 PM »
Quote from: RightCoast on February 15, 2009, 12:20:17 PM
This my friends is change.

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