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Current Events => Politics => Topic started by: bijou on January 28, 2009, 01:09:30 PM
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Just talked to a very clued-in Republican on the Hill. This person wouldn't predict a unanimous Republican vote against the Democratic stimulus package, but said there would be "minimal" GOP support of the bill. "I don't know if it will be unanimous, but Democrats are not going to have the kind of bipartisan support the president was trying to get," he told me. An "overwhelming" number of Republicans will vote no, he predicted.
House Republicans are very happy with recent coverage of the bill, not just Drudge's "$335,000,000 for STD Prevention" headline, but also articles (like this and this) in the New York Times pointing out the enormous amount of social, non-stimulative spending in the proposal, and in the Washington Post, highlighting some Democratic qualms about the bill. "This is finally penetrating all those headlines that said this is necessary for the economy and that it's all infrastructure and tax relief," my source told me. "It finally gets the idea out that this is just a really, really big omnibus spending bill."
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http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=YjY0NzVlMTdlZmQ2MDQ5NDVmN2NlODE0NmM0ZGYwYjY=
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http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=YjY0NzVlMTdlZmQ2MDQ5NDVmN2NlODE0NmM0ZGYwYjY=
Sweetness and Light (http://sweetness-light.com/archive/20-facts-about-the-dem-stimulus-package) have a pretty good detailing of the Dims' spending on the monstrous 825 billion dollar package, which will take generations to pay back. Once you tear back the pretty paper the Dims' wrapped it in and gave to the American public, it's really a box full of crap.
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Here's hoping that "overwhelming" becomes "full" opposition. Maybe this will be a shot in the arm that the Republicans and conservatives in Congress need right now.
Then, again . . .
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It is NOT a "stimulus" bill, it is the purest of PORK! It should be named the "Vast Left Wing Porcine Spending Bill" Which is why the Dems are DESPERATE for Rep. votes, as it will "stimulate" nothing but inflation.
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Any bets on which way McCain votes? :banghead:
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Any bets on which way McCain votes? :banghead:
Oh God, thinking about that makes me wanna reach for the Pepto Bismol
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Any bets on which way McCain votes? :banghead:
If you had to ask, you already know. And I'm guessing it won't please any of us.
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Taking NOTHING from McCain's wartime servace, which was far far past what I could have endured, it is time for him to retire and be an "elder statesman". PLEASE!
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No link yet.
Every single......................again EVERY DAMN CONGRESS CRITTER WITH AN R Voted AGAINST the Stimulus Bill :cheersmate:
:party:
linky
http://michellemalkin.com/2009/01/28/gop-holds-the-line-244-188-this-crap-sandwich-is-all-yours-dems/
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11 Dems voted no also. DUmmies will not be pleased.
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Let's hear it for 'Naddom!
:II:
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I wonder if the senate dems are nervous about passing it now?
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I wonder if the senate dems are nervous about passing it now?
No, they think they have a mandate...
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Shit hot, people! Someone sends the Zerobama a message!
ETA: Anyone got a link to the vote?
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obamalama can charm the terrorist,, but not our Republicans.. :lmao: :cheersmate:
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Shit hot, people! Someone sends the Zerobama a message!
ETA: Anyone got a link to the vote?
Ask and you recieve nuke boy
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2009/roll046.xml
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Dems who voted NAY: Griffith, Peterson, Boyd, Bright, Kanjorski, Kratovil, Cooper, Taylor, Ellsworth, Minnick, and Shuler.
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Finally. Hoo-rah!
In the Senate, maybe one or two Republicans will vote for it. Wonder if you-know-who will be one of those two?
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Good for the 11(D) nays. Senate (R) who'll vote for the Collosus of Pork Bill.....Sen. Snow.
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The Dems in the house are still there blah blah blahing about it,, offering each other reassurance I suppose.
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Of course, my moonbat Congresscritter (Che-Porter) voted for it.
Funny, isn't it, how when her ass was on the line she voted against the original "stimulus" bill just weeks away from the election, but now that her seat is "safe", she's free to vote all sorts of socialist shit through?
I'm gonna be a pain in her side like she's never known.
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Finally. They stood up to the Big Zero. Now if only this thing could be brought down
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I didn't realize the Dems had that much control of the house. I thought maybe a 10-20 seat differance, not a 70 seat differance.
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I didn't realize the Dems had that much control of the house. I thought maybe a 10-20 seat differance, not a 70 seat differance.
It's nearly as bad as the Dem majorities of the mid-70's. And lookie what happened there.
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I didn't realize the Dems had that much control of the house. I thought maybe a 10-20 seat differance, not a 70 seat differance.
Oh honey, we are vitrtually under a "one party rule".
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If you had to ask, you already know. And I'm guessing it won't please any of us.
Sen Kyl said on Hannity today that McC opposes it
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That is Radical Rape Of The Economy Act passed is a travesty. That NOT ONE Republican voted for it is divine.
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Any bets on which way McCain votes? :banghead:
I'll bet a hefty sum that he votes against it. Or did you miss in the entire past election that the man has never once voted for pork? Thats one of his biggest "conservative" sticking points.
Quite frankly, I'm amazed at some of the peoples ignorance about him on this topic.
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Thank God!!
Let's hope this isn't just symbolic and that the GOP gets the message from the rest of us.
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That is Radical Rape Of The Economy Act passed is a travesty. That NOT ONE Republican voted for it is divine MIRACULOUS.
Fixed. :II:
Forgive me if I find the "Overwhelming GOP Opposition" just a bit underwhelming.
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Yeah, all those "Conservative" R's really tought their former representitives and McCain, didn't they, by staying home..
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We may have celebrated too soon:
he House passed an $819 billion tax-and-spending bill Wednesday, in a recession-fighting effort that would extend the reach of the federal government across the U.S. economy by reshaping policy on energy, education, health care and social programs.
The House bill is one of the largest single stimulus packages in history, almost equal to the entire cost of annual federal spending under Congress's discretion. A parallel Senate measure, which is expected to come to a vote next week, is now valued at nearly $900 billion.
Either bill, if enacted, would push the federal debt toward levels not seen since the second World War.
The package embodies President Barack Obama's philosophy, stated in his inaugural address, that a nation in crisis has moved beyond "stale political arguments" over the size and reach of government.
More Here (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123315486943524321.html?mod=djemalertNEWS)
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60 votes short of killing the thing though
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OMG! Have the Repubs actually grown a pair????
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OMG! Have the Repubs actually grown a pair????
No. It's just a cyst. The doctor will be removing it on Monday.
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OBAMA vs LIMBAUGH Round One:
Rush wins 10 democrats...
Obama SHUT OUT from the GOP!
Rush 10
Obama 0
Next round...