In Opposing Obama's Stimulus Bill, GOP Hopes to Return to Limited Gvt. Mantle
Politics Daily — Filed under: Republicans, Obama AdministrationPolitico reports that, "House Republican Leader John A. Boehner and his No. 2, Whip Eric Cantor, told their rank-and-file members Tuesday morning during a closed-door meeting to oppose the bill when it comes to the floor Wednesday, according to an aide familiar with the discussion." As one fiscal conservative told me, there is a big difference between "urging" members to vote no and "whipping" them to vote no. From the sounds the above ...

20 Points On the Democrat's $1.1 Trillion Drunken Spending Binge
Gateway Pundit — ... House Republican Leader John A. Boehner and his No. 2, Whip Eric Cantor urged Republican House members today to oppose the democrat's trillion dollar spending binge.

Boehner
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Lucy And The Football
Eschaton — I am just shocked to discover that Republicans will vote against the bill which has been made shittier to please them. Just shocked.

NO
The Page by Mark Halperin — ... Politico: House GOP leaders Boehner, Cantor tell rank-and-file members Tuesday morning to oppose Obama's stimulus bill when it comes to the floor.       ...

HMM: Boehner to GOP: Vote Against Stimulus. Are the Republicans actually showing some backbone?…
Instapundit — HMM: Boehner to GOP: Vote Against Stimulus. Are the Republicans actually showing some backbone?

Republicans Urge Vote Against Obama Plan
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — Despite President Obama's planned outreach to Republicans on Capitol Hill this afternoon, House GOP leaders "told their rank-and-file members Tuesday morning during a closed-door meeting to oppose the bill when it comes to the floor Wednesday," Politico reports. ...

Are Republicans growing a spine?
RIGHTWINGSPARKLE — From Politico: President Barack Obama is coming to the Capitol later today in a bid to curry favor with congressional Republicans. But it appears GOP leaders have already made up their minds to oppose his $825 billion stimulus plan. House Republican Leader John A. Boehner and his No. 2, Whip Eric Cantor, told their rank-and-file members Tuesday morning during a closed-door meeting to oppose the bill when it comes to the floor Wednesday, according to an aide familiar with the discussion. Maybe it takes losing just about everything to grow a ...

Vote No
Daily Pundit — Boehner to GOP: Vote against stimulus - Patrick O’Connor - Politico.com President Barack Obama is coming to the Capitol later today in a bid to curry favor with congressional Republicans. But it appears GOP leaders have already made up their minds to oppose his $825 billion stimulus plan. House Republican Leader John A. Boehner and his No. 2, Whip Eric Cantor, told their rank-and-file members Tuesday morning during a closed-door meeting to oppose the bill when it comes to the floor Wednesday, according to an aide familiar with the discussion. ...

New CBO report echoes earlier analysis: “Stimulus” too sloooow to stimuluate
Michelle Malkin — ... Politico reports this morning that the GOP may be finally stiffening its spine. Manage your expectations, though. B.O. Republicans have bent over before: President Barack Obama is coming to the Capitol this afternoon to curry favor with congressional Republicans. But it appears GOP leaders have already made up their minds to oppose his $825 billion stimulus plan. House Republican Leader John A. Boehner and his No. 2, Whip Eric Cantor, told their rank-and-file members Tuesday morning during a closed-door meeting to oppose the bill when it comes to the floor Wednesday, according ...

Maybe we can make an even better bill now
Political Animal — MAYBE WE CAN MAKE AN EVEN BETTER BILL NOW.... I suppose President Obama deserves credit for trying. He made a good faith effort to earn support from conservative Republican House members for an economic stimulus package. Obama negotiated with them, compromised with them, and even included a whole lot of tax cuts to win them over. But just as the president was poised to work with the House GOP even further, the caucus leader announces it's too late . President Barack Obama is coming to the Capitol later today in a bid to curry favor with congressional Republicans. But it ...

Your Tuesday Hoglets
Newshoggers.com — ... By Ron Beasley Joe Gandelman has some rare footage of Groucho Marx doing his John Boehner impression. PZ Meyers has a sure fire recipe for stupidity - Glenn Beck and James Dobson on FOX. John Cole doesn't think he needs a book on the "Bush Legacy" since he's living it. Big Gav wonders if the "Picken's Plan" is gone with the wind. Shaun Mullen has the latest on "the big two and a half" and the most recent outrage from The Catholic Church  . ...

McConnell: It's All the Dems' Fault
Talking Points Memo — ... Meanwhile, Politico reports, contrary to what McConnell suggests, that the leadership in the House is determined to kill the bill: ...

And On The 7th Day, The Era Of Bipartisanship And Worship Did Pass From The Land
Ace of Spades HQ — And On The 7th Day, The Era Of Bipartisanship And Worship Did Pass From The Land And not a moment too soon. President Barack Obama is coming to the Capitol this afternoon to curry favor with congressional Republicans. But it appears GOP leaders have already made up their minds to oppose his $825 billion stimulus plan. House Republican Leader John A. Boehner and his No. 2, Whip Eric Cantor, told their rank-and-file members Tuesday morning during a closed-door meeting to oppose the bill when it comes to the floor Wednesday, according to an aide familiar with the discussion. ...

Matt Lewis: Boehner Urges GOP Members to Vote Against Stimulus
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog — While there's a big difference between "urging" members to vote no and "whipping" them to vote no, we should at least give John Boehner kudos for urging Republicans to vote against this ridiculous "stimulus" bill . If Republicans ever hope to regain the mantle of fiscal conservatism, it is vital that this bill not be seen as a "bi-partisan" effort -- which would make both Republicans and Democrats responsible when it predictably fails...

How Low Can Consumer Confidence Go?
The Democratic Daily — ... , their homes and they are watching their savings being whittled away. Businesses, small and large, are suffering, including my own. Things look bleak, very bleak and Republican members of Congress are bent on holding up the stimulus plan. ...

[BREAKING] Boehner to House GOP: Vote against the stimulus.
RedState: Conservative News and Community — Or, as Heritage put it, “The Pelosi-Reid-Obama Debt Plan”. Anyway, Politico reports: President Barack Obama is coming to the Capitol this afternoon to curry favor with congressional Republicans. But it appears GOP leaders have already made up their minds to oppose his $825 billion stimulus plan. House Republican Leader John A. Boehner and his No. 2, Whip Eric Cantor, told their rank-and-file members Tuesday morning during a closed-door meeting to oppose the bill when it comes to the floor Wednesday, according to an aide familiar ...

Enough
The Reaction — ... Since it is now crystal clear that the GOP will oppose any, I repeat, any, stimulus bill that comes before them, it's time to write a bill that gives them no concessions and even less consideration. It's time to ram a Democratic bill through and twist one, or two, moderate GOP arms and be done with this bi-partisan madness.

Repubs will Oppose Stimulus
The Latest on Air America — ... Even before Republicans read through and debate the $825 billion stimulus plan which is set to arrive on the Capitol this afternoon, the GOP is set to opposed it. Politico has the story: ...

Not So Fast: GOP Might Back Stimulus Bill With Changes
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — Republicans are still open to supporting a stimulus package in the House, a GOP leadership aide tells the Huffington Post, despite reports that they will oppose it. Reports by Politico and the AP that Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) told House Republicans in a closed-door meeting to oppose the stimulus bill are accurate, the aide said. But Republicans will appeal to President Obama today to make changes to the House bill, holding out the possibility they will still support the final package. Obama meets this ...

Not So Fast: GOP Might Back Stimulus Bill With Changes
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — Republicans are still open to supporting a stimulus package in the House, a GOP leadership aide tells the Huffington Post, despite reports that they will oppose it. Reports by Politico and the AP that Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) told House Republicans in a closed-door meeting to oppose the stimulus bill are accurate, the aide said. But Republicans will appeal to President Obama today to make changes to the House bill, holding out the possibility they will still support the final package. Obama meets this ...

Republican Leader Advising Republicans To Vote Against Stimulus Package
Flopping Aces — It’s bout time the Republicans showed a bit of a backbone: (h/t Instapundit) President Barack Obama is coming to the Capitol this afternoon to curry favor with congressional Republicans. But it appears GOP leaders have already made up their minds to oppose his $825 billion stimulus plan. House Republican Leader John A. Boehner and his No. 2, Whip Eric Cantor, told their rank-and-file members Tuesday morning during a closed-door meeting to oppose the bill when it comes to the floor Wednesday, according to an aide familiar with the ...

Obama: Yeah, Iraq war caused the hate…
The Anchoress — ... , with pageants, parades, goose-stepping and giant portraits of the president unfurled alongside our buildings in our near future? Yes, GOP vote against this thing! Don’t give them the “bi-partisan” cover they need. Let history be clear, at least, if the present age is disoriented. ...

They never learn
Daily Kos — So Democrats have bent over backwards watering down the stimulus bill and even stripping out such "objectionable" material to Republicans as family planning funds for the low-income, all in the name of "bipartisanship". And how do Republicans repay those efforts? President Barack Obama is coming to the Capitol this afternoon to curry favor with congressional Republicans. But it appears GOP leaders have already made up their minds to oppose his $825 billion stimulus plan. House Republican Leader John A. Boehner and his No. 2, Whip ...

Boehner discovers fiscal responsibility
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... Finally. House Republicans discovered that they do not have to vote for Barack Obama’s stimulus in the name of bipartisanship when the package doesn’t provide stimulus and instead focuses on Democratic pork wish lists.  Minority Leader John Boehner and GOP whip Eric Cantor have instructed the Republican caucus to oppose the massive $825+ billion legislation, which some now call the Pelosi-Reid-Obama Debt Bill: President Barack Obama is coming to the Capitol this afternoon to curry favor with congressional Republicans. But it appears GOP leaders have already made up their minds ...

Skunked
Suburban Guerrilla — ... This isn’t hard to understand: The Republicans don’t really care about the economy, they care about making Democrats look bad! They’ve been consistent on this point for decades: ...

Time To Give Up on "Bipartisan" Stimulus?
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right — ... to throw their support behind the stimulus, and if the relatively high proportion of tax cuts in the administration's proposal kept them shell-shocked for a couple of weeks, that era of good feelings is now apparently exhausted.

Dems Letting GOP Chase After Shiny 'Bipartisanship' Ball
TPM Election Central — We've been watching Republican leaders play a little game today with the economic recovery plan that's headed for its first vote in the House tomorrow. The object of said game: making the stimulus bill "bipartisan" enough to win Republican votes. First President Obama made a concession; the GOP turned up its nose. Then Republicans had a neck-snapping change of heart. But what do Democrats make of this silliness? You remember them -- the party that actually controls the government and wrote the stimulus bill. It turns out that ...

Politico
Sister Toldjah — Boehner to GOP: Vote against stimulus

Obama lectures GOP again
Sister Toldjah — ... to the “family planning” $$? Will John Boehner’s call for the GOP to reject Obama’s stimulus plan be characterized as “playing politics”? ...

Great Depression II; or, why do the Republicans hate America?
The Reaction — ... Politico, playing up GOP unity, but it's the voice of right-wing ideology and obstructionism at a time when Americans are suffering and need help. In the House, where there is far more extremism among Republicans than in the Senate, the two top Republicans, Minority Leader John Boehner and Minority Whip Eric Cantor, again according to Politico, "told their rank-and-file members [this] morning during a closed-door meeting to oppose the bill when it comes to the floor Wednesday. Boehner told members that he's voting against the stimulus, and Cantor told the ...

The Great Recession; or, Why Do the Republicans Hate America?
The Moderate Voice — ... Politico, playing up GOP unity, but it’s the voice of right-wing ideology and obstructionism at a time when Americans are suffering and need help. In the House, where there is far more extremism among Republicans than in the Senate, the two top Republicans, Minority Leader John Boehner and Minority Whip Eric Cantor, again according to Politico, “told their rank-and-file members [this] morning during a closed-door meeting to oppose the bill when it comes to the floor Wednesday. Boehner told members that he’s voting against the stimulus, and ...

KILL the BILL
Confederate Yankee — KILL the BILL The Multi-Generational Financial Rape Act a 1.1-trillion dollar pork-laden monstrosity of self-serving governmental bloat will come up for a vote tomorrow, and at least the Republican leadership and some Blue Dog Democrats have the good sense to recognize that this Obama/Pelosi wish list is going to crush the economy, not help it. Michelle Malkin notes that the "stimulus" being pitched is going to cost each American family ...

1/28: Bipartisanship Is Overrated
Blogometer — ... remains true today: liberal bloggers and conservative bloggers both want Dems in Congress to pass the stimulus bill themselves, with little support from GOPers. As soon as Politico reported yesterday that House Min. Leader John Boehner was urging his caucus to vote against the stimulus bill, lefty bloggers began chastising Barack Obama for thinking that he could win GOP votes in the first place. "I am just shocked to discover that Republicans will vote against the bill which has been made shittier to please them," one liberal blogger ...

Republicans Unify Behind De Facto Opposition Leader Rush Limbaugh
The Radio Equalizer: Brian Maloney — ... Apparently recognizing they'd misread the political tea leaves, Republicans now seem to be coming around to the view that sucking-up to Obama isn't going to sustain the party, particularly as a backlash builds against the reckless, pork-laden "stimulus" package pushed by the Obamists. The GOP is now openly denouncing the plan. ...

links for 2009-01-29
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — ... (tags: caroline_kennedy david_paterson) Boehner to GOP: Vote against stimulus - Too Good to Be True File? President Barack Obama is coming to the Capitol later today in a bid to curry favor with congressional Republicans. But it ...

Democrats Have a Stimulus, But You Can't Read It
TPM Election Central — ... It's not that Republicans were being excluded from the process. On the contrary, GOP leaders who had already vowed to oppose the stimulus were given no access, with good reason -- but the three GOP senators whose votes were necessary to pass the stimulus were ...

Pelosi is proudly un-American
RedState: Conservative News and Community — ... She did not wait long to take advantage of the rules changes. During creation of Porkulus (passed Febuary 15) Republicans had been left out of the drafting process and had minimal contact with Pelosi and other House Democrats, according to Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN).. ...