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Current Events => Breaking News => Topic started by: Wretched Excess on February 13, 2009, 01:38:52 PM
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WASHINGTON - The House on Friday passed the final version of a $787 billion economic stimulus plan aimed at jolting the slumping U.S. economy, setting up a vote in the Senate expected later in the day.
The measure was passed 246-183, with no Republican "yes" votes and one member voting present.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid predicted that Congress will finish its work possibly by day's end, giving President Obama a big victory.
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link (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/02/13/congress-readies-final-vote-b-stimulus/)
According to HotAir all Republicans and 7 Democrats voted No. (http://hotair.com/archives/2009/02/13/house-vote-on-stimulus-imminent-2/)
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Looks like they picked up 6 more democrat votes against that this time It was 177 voting no last time wasn't it?
You know what would be hilarious? If the 3 who voted yes in the Senate voted no this time.
Hey, a man can dream can't he?
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Ugh. What a great Valentine's Day present. And we didn't even get a kiss with the screwing.
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You know what would be hilarious? If the 3 who voted yes in the Senate voted no this time.
They just might. With Judd Gregg coming back to the Senate, and Teddy Kennedy being in south Florida, the Dems can only muster 58 votes without the three defectors. One of the big reasons that the three traitors went for the stimulus was that none of them could be labelled as casting the deciding vote. Now, with Gregg coming back and Kennedy out, the three traitors would make 61 votes--the number needed for passage. None of them want that distinction (being the one that pushed this over the hump).
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Thanks for screwing over the next generation assholes!
Don't bother trying to fix what's wrong (government overspending)... Just kick the can down the road with a higher price tag for my grandkids to pay.
I swear we need another revolution and fast.
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It's over and the good guys lost. :(
http://hotair.com/archives/2009/02/13/final-stimulus-vote-in-senate-imminent/
Final stimulus vote in Senate imminent; Update: 57 yeses, three Dems still to vote
Update: Because the vote’s being held open for Brown, we’re not going to get a final tally for hours yet. But Collins, Specter, and Snowe have all voted yes, and needless to say, no Democrat’s going to torpedo The One’s moment by switching. The deed is done.
Update: As of 6:20 p.m., there are 57 yes votes in the books with Bayh, Gillibrand, and of course Brown yet to show and add theirs. Done deal.
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It's over and the good guys lost. :(
http://hotair.com/archives/2009/02/13/final-stimulus-vote-in-senate-imminent/
Final stimulus vote in Senate imminent; Update: 57 yeses, three Dems still to vote
They sealed the coup against the Constitution.
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Anybody else find it ironic that they passed this nightmare on Friday the 13th?
Maybe they'll give me a stimulus check for about 2 grand so I can buy a new rifle and a few cases of ammo. :uhsure:
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Hope it's not the beginning of the end for economic freedom in America. :banghead:
Best spin I can figure is let this day be, at the very least, the beginning of the beginning of the conservative comeback.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cM2b2oD8pKY&feature=channel_page[/youtube]
H5 to Cantor for the vid. Sadly it's the cherry on top of the shit sundae.
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HA HA HA HA H :rofl:
Okay, we're ****ed.
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HA HA HA HA H :rofl:
Okay, we're ****ed.
Yes we are.
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Spectre, Snowe, and Collins need to be fired by their constituents or at the least change to Dem. This is nothing but a spending spree for every Dem pet project for 40 years. This is not going to be good for any American except for those who want handouts.
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The silver lining maybe a politically crippled dem party once this monstrosity becomes known. They had to ramrod this through BEFORE the public got hold of it and that speaks volumes. This may also be the key to a GOP comeback in 2010.
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Yes we are.
So are our grandchildren that will be expected to pay for this shit.
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The silver lining maybe a politically crippled dem party once this monstrosity becomes known. They had to ramrod this through BEFORE the public got hold of it and that speaks volumes. This may also be the key to a GOP comeback in 2010.
Breaking talking points! (http://www.theneweditor.com/index.php?/archives/9170-The-Transparency-of-Change.html)
And to that point sir, here come the Orwellian talking points.
On Chris Matthews’ MSNBC show Hardball, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) just called the stimulus bill “the most transparent piece of legislation in American history.â€
With David Schuster on MSNBC, Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) called the stimulus bill "the most vetted bill in history," and 'the most transparent piece of legislation in history.'
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It's about as transparent as duct tape to a blind man. :censored: liberals. I wonder if 0Bama gives Mathews a reach around at least.
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most transparent? most vetted? how? it's over a thousand pages!! They read it in under 2 days?
they are violating the provisions of the bill by voting on it so damn fast. It has written into it that it must be available to the public for 48 hours before any vote... anyone read it? seen it anywhere?
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most transparent? most vetted? how? it's over a thousand pages!! They read it in under 2 days?
they are violating the provisions of the bill by voting on it so damn fast. It has written into it that it must be available to the public for 48 hours before any vote... anyone read it? seen it anywhere?
We mere peons that must PAY for it, don't count.
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most transparent? most vetted? how? it's over a thousand pages!! They read it in under 2 days?
they are violating the provisions of the bill by voting on it so damn fast. It has written into it that it must be available to the public for 48 hours before any vote... anyone read it? seen it anywhere?
How bout they read it in less than 12 hours
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Hey Reid, Pelosi, and Obama:
:bigbird: :bigbird: :bigbird:
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How bout they read it in less than 12 hours
Glenn Beck and his staff did a calculation on his radio show this morning. In order to read that document between the time it was posted (23:00 last night) and the time voting opened for it in the house, the person in question would have to be capable of reading at 637 words per minute. Non-stop. Not counting all of the cross referencing to other sections of the bill and existing US code.
637 words per minute. Not one of those Armani-clad shitbirds read a friggin' word of that bill.
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[youtube=425,350]CvnwOjDjnH4[/youtube].
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Anybody else find it ironic that they passed this nightmare on Friday the 13th?
Maybe they'll give me a stimulus check for about 2 grand so I can buy a new rifle and a few cases of ammo. :uhsure:
Same here.
I hope that the DUmmies that voted for "hope and change" get all the change they could ever hope for.
A government that is big enough to give you everything you need is big enough to take it away, and the first to starve will be the DUmmies....
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giving President Obama a big victory.
The Globe is touting this as a major Obama victory also.
Hmmm, that is very interesting.
The biggest piece of pork spending in history, which will translate into absolute disaster, and it is being touted as all Obama right now.
The Messiah has once again made a rather significant rookie mistake...
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The Globe is touting this as a major Obama victory also.
Hmmm, that is very interesting.
The biggest piece of pork spending in history, which will translate into absolute disaster, and it is being touted as all Obama right now.
The Messiah has once again made a rather significant rookie mistake...
he had no choice... as soon as he uttered the phrase "I won", he committed to playing chicken with economic reality after throwing out his steering wheel and brake pedal. His only hope was either making it bipartisan so he wouldn't take all the blame, or having it fail in the Senate... now when it fails to create or save any public sector jobs, and long-term it will fail, or the money trickles out, as it will, or inflation skyrockets; it's all his. He owns it, he bought it, he will wear that millstone and drag his whole party down...
on the good side, when the Congress changes hands next go-round, they can vote to repeal the remainder of this 0bomination.
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Went to my comgressman's website, and started on the bill. After reading and skimming almost fifty pages and a few billion dollars I saw NO appropriation that had any business in a "stimulus" package. SOLID PORK, that has it's place in a normal annual budget bill. Where it can be debated and eliminated if too agregious.
This bill is the disaster the sane economists say it is.
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At least I haven't heard this being referred to as a "bi-partisan" bill in the last few days. 99% against a bill, the other party 99% for a bill isn't a compromise at all. This thing was a sham, no telling what's really in that bill. Barack Hussein Obama lied repeatedly throughout this whole fiasco, and now today he's saying that that was just step one. He's not through throwing tax dollars to his friends.
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Filipino Prez Glad for US Stimulus Bill
February 14, 2009
Associated Press
MANILA, Philippines - A $198 million compensation package for Filipino World War II veterans included in the U.S. stimulus bill is a long-overdue victory for the former soldiers, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo said Saturday.
The $787 billion stimulus package approved by Congress on Friday contains provisions recognizing and compensating Filipino veterans who fought under the American flag when the Philippines was still an American colony.
"Despite America's economic challenges, the U.S. Congress voted to correct a historic wrong and incorporate the lump-sum benefit for our veterans," Arroyo said in a statement.
Hawaii Sen. Daniel Inouye, a longtime supporter of Filipino veterans, has said the stimulus measure will provide $198 million for one-time payments to Filipino veterans.
http://www.military.com/news/article/filipino-prez-glad-for-us-stimulus-bill.html?col=1186032310810
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I'll see your Phillipino WWII veterans and raise you an entire decade of welfare reform...
http://www.conservativecave.com/index.php/topic,22282.0.html
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[youtube=425,350]CvnwOjDjnH4[/youtube].
God Bless Boehner. Too fricking bad no one listened.