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Hill Republican: Stimulus aids illegal immigrants
WASHINGTON (AP) - The $800 billion-plus economic stimulus measure making its way through Congress could steer government checks to illegal immigrants, a top Republican congressional official asserted Thursday. The legislation, which would send tax credits of $500 per worker and $1,000 per ...
Hill Republican: Stimulus aids illegal immigrants - International Herald Tribune
iht.com — WASHINGTON : The $800 billion-plus economic stimulus measure making its way through Congress could steer government checks... to illegal immigrants, a top Republican congressional official asserted Thursday. The legislation, which would send tax credits ... (more) Hill Republican: Stimulus aids illegal immigrants - ...
Senate Stimulus Bill Would Provide 300,000 Jobs for Illegal Immigrants
heritage.org — If the Senate version of the stimulus bill becomes law, a great number of the workers employed... in government construction programs will, in fact, be illegal immigrants. (more) Senate Stimulus Bill Would Provide 300,000 Jobs for ...
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Figures. Dem's Crap Sandwich Gives Cash to Illegal Aliens
Gateway Pundit — Republican officials say the massive trillion dollar spending bill passed by democrats even gives cash to illegal aliens. Breitbart reported: The $800 billion-plus economic stimulus measure making its way through Congress could steer government checks to illegal immigrants, a top Republican congressional official asserted Thursday. The legislation, which would send tax credits of $500 per worker and $1,000 per couple, expressly disqualifies nonresident aliens, but it would allow people who don't have Social Security numbers to be ...

Carol Platt Liebau: So Who's Blocking the "Change"?
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog — President Obama ran on a platform of "hope" and "change" -- but when you look at the stimulus plan, it becomes clear that his own Democrat compatriots are the ones who are determined to carry on with business as usual. Just a few points that every American voter should understand: The bill provides a "worker tax credit" even for those without valid social security numbers, i.e. illegal immigrants ...

Shots from the Show 1/29
Tammy Bruce — ... the page for additional links.** A copy of the massive Crap Sandwich that passed the House yesterday. All 647 pages of it. Time to contact your senators to make sure they know you're against having crap jammed down your throat. Here's a good link for all your congressional contact needs. (HT Palin2012) House Passes Obama Stimulus Package. No GOPers voted for the bill and even 11 Dems voted against it. Hill Republican: Stimulus aids illegal immigrants Palin, Obama to share stage ...

Rasmussen: Public Now Virtually Split on Stimulus; Support Among Independents Craters
Ace of Spades HQ — ... but with a trillion dollars to play with, what kind of a temporary break could the government give to businesses as far as their contribution towards the payroll tax? What percentage? It seems to me that if we want to create (or "preserve") jobs, jobs, jobs it might be smart to do so fairly directly by reducing the costs of hiring or keeping workers, at least for a few years. Both items ripped from the headlines. Of Hot Air, of course. Welfare for Illegal Aliens? Why Not? How does this help Michelle Obama's children?

"Stimulus" package will send government checks to Illegal Aliens
Doug Ross @ Journal — The Associated Press reports that the Porkulus bill may stimulate one thing and one thing alone: illegal immigration : [image] The $800 billion-plus economic stimulus measure making its way through Congress could steer government checks to illegal immigrants , a top Republican congressional official asserted Thursday. The legislation, which would send tax credits of $500 per worker and $1,000 per couple, expressly disqualifies nonresident aliens, but it would allow people who don't have Social Security numbers to be eligible for the checks . Undocumented ...

GOP '09: The Party Of Bad Faith
DownWithTyranny! — ... a game changer. It is a total game changer for the next 40 to 50 years if the Democrats are able to get this legislation. Ensign's paymaster, former WalMart CEO, Lee Scott: We like driving the car and we’re not going to give the steering wheel to anybody but us. Obama has got to wake up and realize that not only are ideas worthless and counterproductive-- just look what those ideas have wrought-- but that they are dealing from bad faith.

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Hope Makes A ComebackThe Right Angle @ HumanEvents.com
Whoooooo! Now we go to school. The election of Michael Steele as the new chairman of the Republican National Committee is a stimulus package for the GOP—a stimulus that will actually work. For the first time since Newt Gingrich left Congress, the Republican Party has a real leader.  ...
AP cited only single anonymous Republican official in support of stimulus falsehoodMedia Matters for America - Latest Items
As Media Matters for America documented , a January 29 Associated Press article headlined, "Hill Republican: Stimulus aids illegal immigrants," reported: "The $800 billion-plus economic stimulus measure making its way through Congress could steer government checks to illegal immigrants, a ...