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House OKs $787B stimulus bill with GOP opposition
House OKs $787B stimulus bill with GOP opposition
WASHINGTON (AP) - Handing the new administration a big win, House Democrats passed President Barack Obama's $787 billion plan to resuscitate the economy on Friday despite a wall of Republican opposition. The bill was approved 246-183 and sent to the Senate, where a vote was scheduled late Friday afternoon.
That vote was to be held open for hours, waiting for Ohio Democrat Sherrod Brown, who was attending a memorial service for his mother and then flying back to cast the deciding vote.
Senate passage would meet a deadline of sending the bill to Obama before a congressional recess begins next week.
The 1,071 page, 8-inch-thick measure combines $281 billion in tax cuts for individuals and businesses with more than a half-trillion dollars in government spending. The money would go for infrastructure, health care and help for cash-starved state governments, among scores of programs. Seniors would get a $250 bonus Social Security check.
And not one has read it.
where's your evidence that "no one has read it"?
$281 billion in tax cuts for individuals and businesses
Hit the play button.
And tell me. can you read 1100 pages in less than what 12 hours?
Hit the play button.
And tell me. can you read 1100 pages in less than what 12 hours?
Has anyone in the Senate spoken up and said they have? Yeah, I thought so.where's your evidence that "no one has read it"?
and another irrellevant post by petey.
Come on, be fair.. A personal attack doesn't replace the lack of an actual response.
Should I respond to the conjecture, the baseless speculation, or the ignorance of how the US Government operates.
BTW Your avatar sucks.
I know.. My avatar does suck, but I have it as a response to all the people who groundlessly call me anti-American.. Just have to put it up for their satisfaction..
Anyways, if you don't agree with Pete a personal attack is just a very stupid way of showing that, and actual answer would be better, even no answer at all..
Where I am from debate etiquette dictates "do not take the person, take the opinion/post".
Any response like yours would be judged as "less developed"..
And your "critisizm" would be judged "selective"
Certainly. I could say the same in a lot of case, but I just was disappointed by you, because I expected more from you than groundless post/opinion/personal attacks..
I would not be surprised if it came from hordes of other people, but from you :shock:
He knows very well that most of the bill has been available for days if not over a week. It is not like they ripped up the house and senate bills and totally rewrote the whole thing.
Hit the play button.
And tell me. can you read 1100 pages in less than what 12 hours?
Dude, the bill started weeks ago. To think that this is all of a sudden a drastically new bill is wrong. It was modified, yes, but not so much as to think that they don't know what is in it.
"Hey Bob, here's the new bill. Pages 250-278 were changed to make compromises for the senate version. Take a look at those, the rest wasn't touched." This could very well be (and I would think MOST likely) the way of it, but people immediately jump to the conclusion that Democrats are up to no good.
As soon as the spending starts to happen at home we see people throw a fit. Spend the money on foreign governments, military spending, and wars and people seem to feel better about spending borrowed money. Go figure.
people sneak their pet projects into bills all the time. This is a new bill and needs to be treated as such
As soon as the spending starts to happen at home we see people throw a fit. Spend the money on foreign governments, military spending, and wars and people seem to feel better about spending borrowed money. Go figure.
Dude, the bill started weeks ago. To think that this is all of a sudden a drastically new bill is wrong. It was modified, yes, but not so much as to think that they don't know what is in it.
"Hey Bob, here's the new bill. Pages 250-278 were changed to make compromises for the senate version. Take a look at those, the rest wasn't touched." This could very well be (and I would think MOST likely) the way of it, but people immediately jump to the conclusion that Democrats are up to no good.
As soon as the spending starts to happen at home we see people throw a fit. Spend the money on foreign governments, military spending, and wars and people seem to feel better about spending borrowed money. Go figure.
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