foxnews.com - 1/28/2009
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The House of Representatives approved an $819 billion economic stimulus package Wednesday that President Obama has said is necessary to revive the economy. The final vote was 244-188, mostly along party lines as expected. The legislation includes an estimated $544 billion in federal spending and ...
washingtonpost.com - 1/28/2009
fivethirtyeight.com - 1/28/2009
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fivethirtyeight.com —
Gallup is in the midst of releasing a
series of data from the more than 350,000 interviews...
that it conducted over the course of its daily tracking in 2008. The first data they've released, on partisan affiliation, contains some sobering news for ...
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Just Five Red States Left?
blogs.telegraph.co.uk - 1/29/2009
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blogs.telegraph.co.uk —
President Barack Obama got the $825 (or $1.2
trillion over a decade) stimulus package through the House...
of Representatives but the 244 to 188 vote is a hollow victory indeed . Without a single Republican voting for the bill, his high-profile visit to ...
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Hollow victory: Republicans deliver slap in the face to ...
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Hasty Liberals Already Declare Victory Over Stimulus Bill
Pat Dollard | Young Americans —
... Fox News: Democratic congressional leaders practically declared victory Wednesday afternoon, as the House of Representatives prepared to vote on the $819 billion economic stimulus package. ...
Pelosi & Dems Start Celebrating Before Trillion $$$ "Stimulus" Binge Is Passed... Update: Bill Fails to Gain GOP Backing
Gateway Pundit —
UPDATE: The House Stimulus Bill failed to gain one single vote from the GOP today. The Bill just passed 244 to 188 Hope & Arrogance is in... Pelosi and democrats celebrate historic trillion dollar spending binge before vote. FOX News reported Democratic congressional leaders practically declared victory Wednesday afternoon -- ahead of the House of Representatives' vote on a $819 billion economic stimulus package. The massive recovery package has stirred ...
House GOP holds the line; unanimously votes against "stimulus" bill
Wizbang —
... immediately comes to mind. And yesterday, House Republicans remembered their principles and voted uniformly NO against the wasteful, pork-laden "stimulus" bill (as was ...
House GOP holds the line; unanimously votes against “stimulus” bill
Stop The ACLU —
... immediately comes to mind. And yesterday, House Republicans remembered their principles and voted uniformly NO against the wasteful, pork-laden “stimulus” bill. The House of Representatives approved an $819 billion economic stimulus package Wednesday, dealing the new Obama administration a legislative victory but also giving Republicans a chance to show their resolve as the opposition party. The final vote was 244-188, mostly along party lines. All Republicans who were present voted against the bill. They were joined in their opposition by 11 Democrats. ...
Shots from the Show 1/29
Tammy Bruce —
... will be updated throughout the show. Refresh 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 ...
Senate GOP’s ’stimulus plan’ costs 3.5 times as much as Obama’s.
Think Progress —
... This morning, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said that President Obama’s recovery package, priced at roughly $819 billion, is too expensive. GOP “members” believe that they can pass a “very robust” stimulus ...
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With the first approval of a disputed $787-billion stimulus that President Barack Obama is demanding from Congress in hope of reviving a stalled economy, the House today voted 246-183, divided largely along party lines, for a plan ...
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Just 15 years ago, President Clinton's $16.3 billion economic stimulus package was backlogged in the Senate because moderate Republicans and Democrats refused to go along with roughly $12 billion in new spending. Like Obama, ...
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Stimulus Passes House With NO Republican Support -- Zip, Zilch, Nada
fivethirtyeight.com 1/29/2009 — The House version of the $819 billion stimulus bill just passed 244-188. But in a minor surprise, the bill apparently passed without ANY Republican member voting for it. Twelve Democrats voted against the bill, meanwhile, based on the C-SPAN tally. So ...
U.S. House Passes Obama’s $819 Billion Stimulus Plan (Update3)
bloomberg.com 1/29/2009 — Jan. 28 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. House passed President Barack Obama ’s $819 billion stimulus package, aimed at lifting the economy out of recession through tax cuts and more than a half-trillion dollars in new spending. The 244-188 vote sends the ...
House Passes Stimulus with Zero Republican Votes
outsidethebeltway.com 1/29/2009 — Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats passed an $819 billion “stimulus” package without a single Republican vote.
All but 11 Democrats voted for the plan, and 177 Republicans voted against it. The 244-to-188 vote came a day after Mr. Obama ...
House passes econ-stimulus: Party line
swamppolitics.com 1/29/2009 — by Mark Silva
In swift congressional action on a massive but disputed economic stimulus plan that the White House promises will deliver millions of jobs, the House approved the measure this evening by a 244 to 188 vote split along party ...
House approves Obama stimulus bill —
CNN Political Ticker 1/28/2009
WASHINGTON (CNN) — The House of Representatives Wednesday passed President Barack Obama's economic stimulus package, sending the $819 billion bill to the Senate, where it will face more opposition from Republicans. The vote was mostly along ...
House passes stimulus; no GOP support —
First Read 1/28/2009
From NBC's Mike Viqueira and Domenico Montanaro The House passed the stimulus bill by a 244 to 188 vote.
Eleven Democrats voted against the measure, and not a single Republican voted for it. The Democrats were: Boyd, Bright, Cooper, Ellsworth, ...
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