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thehill.com - 1/4/2009
McConnell says GOP could back stimulus
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Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Sunday said an economic stimulus plan could receive “significant support” from Republicans if Democratic leaders include the GOP and don’t rush the bill. The Senate GOP leader suggested on ABC’s “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” that Republicans will decide ...

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Michelle Malkin:  Mitch McConnell gives us another head-banging-against-the-wall moment

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Wonk Room:  Obama Courts Conservatives With Large Tax Cuts In Proposed Stimulus Plan

voices.washingtonpost.com - 12/29/2008
McConnell Puts the Brakes on Stimulus Plan | 44
— voices.washingtonpost.com — Spending 850 to a Trillion dollars on a so-called "Stimulus Plan " is complete idiocy! Reid and Pelosi, et al need to get a grip. This is money that we don't have. Mortgaging our childrens financial future is insanely unkind. The stimulus idea is very ... (more) McConnell Puts the Brakes on Stimulus Plan | 44

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voices.washingtonpost.com - 12/29/2008
McConnell Puts the Brakes on Stimulus Plan
— voices.washingtonpost.com — By Paul Kane Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) voiced skepticism today about the emerging economic stimulus plan, applying a brake to Democratic plans to quickly pass up to $850 billion in spending and tax cuts soon after President-elect ... (more) McConnell Puts the Brakes on Stimulus Plan

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michellemalkin.com - 1/7/2009
The Generational Theft Act of 2009
— michellemalkin.com — My syndicated column today takes on Obama’s stimulus Trojan Horse. [...] Read the rest » (more) The Generational Theft Act of 2009

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Mitch McConnell gives us another head-banging-against-the-wall moment
Michelle Malkin — ... ): “McConnell says GOP could back stimulus.” The upshot, as I read it, is that the Republican Party is willing to entertain the Democrats’ massive stimulus so long as they get kabuki hearings and some nominal input into the package. Here I was, gearing up this week for a united conservative front against the Obama boondoggle, and Mitch McConnell opens his mouth. Where’s my head-banging-against-the-wall graphic again? Oh, there it is: [image] ...

links for 2009-01-05
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — ... McConnell says GOP could back stimulus - providing the Dems Support Tax Cuts But McConnell said Republicans would press Democrats on the scope of the program. He took issue, for example, with Obama’s stated intent to use the public sector for 20 percent of the 3 million new ...

Obama Courts Conservatives With Large Tax Cuts In Proposed Stimulus Plan
Wonk Room — ... for signs of ‘fraud and waste.’” However, McConnell did signal that a potential area for “quick, bipartisan agreement” is tax cuts. ...

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