Varegg wrote:
usmarine wrote:
Varegg wrote:
It's not common for one man to write a bill, it's teamwork ... and writing a bipartisan bill takes efforts from both sides ... kinda why it's called bipartisan ... it's takes a little longer to write a bipartisan bill but then again it saves time to get it passed ...
Can you dig?
wrong. the prez and his advisors would write it...not one man. you dont hand a blank check over to the nutters in congress.
you dig?
So serious a situation I believe it was correct to involve both parties and they did ... normally I would agree with you but this can hardly be called a normal situation ... besides the work on this bill started before Obama took office.
How were both parties involved? From what I have seen it was a Democrat bill that they were trying to get the republicans to buy into.
Pelosi wrote:
Yes, we wrote the bill. Yes we won the election, but that doesn’t mean we don’t want sustainability or Republican support,” Pelosi said.
http://www.rollcall.com/news/31650-1.htmlWonder why only 3 Republicans in the Senate voted for it? Oh yeah, it wreaks of government program spending. I hate the fact that Obama has been calling on Republicans to put politics aside and vote for the bill. Isn't it a bit funny how left wing this bill is and he has the audacity to call out Republicans for not putting politics aside. A lot of conservatives don't want any kind of stimulus plan. Why in the world would they vote for one that is this heavy on spending programs they don't agree with?
[TUF]Catbox wrote:
1000 pages in the stimulus... I wonder how many senators or Congressmen read the whole thing before they voted and...
then raced it through congress...?
Not many, the House was given a couple hours to look it over before they voted.
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