What will the Senate do with the Stimulus Bill?

GOP is divided (4.00 / 1)

It's funny... the members of the GOP who, well,actually have responsibilities running government with budgets and all (remember when talking about that was all the rage!) think the stimulus package is teh bomb:

Most Republican governors have broken with their GOP colleagues in Congress and are pushing for passage of President Barack Obama's economic aid plan that would send billions to states for education, public works and health care.

Their state treasuries drained by the financial crisis, governors would welcome the money from Capitol Hill, where GOP lawmakers are more skeptical of Obama's spending priorities.

The 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, scheduled meetings in Washington this weekend with Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and other senators to press for her state's share of the package.

Florida Gov. Charlie Crist worked the phones last week with members of his state's congressional delegation, including House Republicans. Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas, the Republican vice chairman of the National Governors Association, planned to be in Washington on Monday to urge the Senate to approve the plan.

Any moment now the national press will tell us all about these rifts between Republicans. There's enough of them on TV, the story practical covers itself.

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by: Clem Guttata @ Sun Feb 01, 2009 at 18:18:33 PM UTC

Let's cut abstinence only education (4.00 / 1)

and fund the National Endowment for the Arts.

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by: WV26003 @ Mon Feb 02, 2009 at 14:39:43 PM UTC