salon.com - 1/28/2009
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Matt Drudge already collected one scalp in the battle over the stimulus package that will be voted on in the House today. After he highlighted money for family planning programs in the bill, Republicans started an outcry, and President Obama prevailed upon congressional Democrats to strike the ...
news.yahoo.com - 1/27/2009
weeklystandard.com - 2/2/2009
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weeklystandard.com —
Republicans need to propose one since Congressional Democrats
haven't. by Matthew Continetti 02/09/2009, Volume 014, Issue 19...
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The Right Stimulus
austrianeconomists.typepad.com - 1/28/2009
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austrianeconomists.typepad.com —
One of the (correct) complaints about the proposed
stimulus plan is that it's full of all kinds...
of programs that would appear to have nothing to do with any accepted economic theory about what sorts of spending could even possibly...
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Stimulus or Carpe Diem? The New Deal Wasn't a Stimulus ...
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ZOMG TEH SEXXXX
Eschaton —
Alex Koppelman tries to grappel rationally with Republican horseshit, but there's really no point. This is just about Republicans squealing OH NOES DEMS HEART TEH SEX, the media giggling like tweens, and the Dems running for cover from the BIG SCARY VAGINA. ...
Sorta Interesting
ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES —
... What's also interesting is the whole debate about the stimulus package containing anything having to do with sex, even if it is all about health care and disease prevention. These two interesting topics, trying to put the global gag back in place and to remove any STD prevention money from the stimulus package, are undoubtedly related. ...
All sex, all the time
Political Animal —
... , my friend Alex Koppelman took a closer look at the part of the bill that has conservatives all excited. First of all, the money that goes to these programs will mean new jobs. There are the additional people who'll be needed for administration, of course, as well as additional doctors and researchers. There will also be, to borrow a phrase, a trickle-down effect: Money for vaccinating uninsured children, for instance, means more vaccinations will be produced, which means there'll be more jobs producing and distributing the vaccines. [...] As for that $335 million for STD ...
News and stuff
The Sideshow —
... in order to placate the Republicans so he could get their bipartisan support - and then Drudge went after healthcare. But the Republicans have made it plain that they plan to vote against the stim package pretty much regardless of what's in it (and ...
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House GOP to Obama: Go Eff Yourself
boomantribune.com 1/29/2009 — Not a single Republican in the House voted for the stimulus package. And guess what? No one gives a crap what the House Republicans think. They wanted to prove that they could hold their caucus together but that means nothing unless they can bring ...
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 ...
Republicans Vote Against the American People
themoderatevoice.com 1/30/2009 — The House of Representatives passed an $819-million economic stimulus package this evening. The vote was 244-188. Only Democrats voted for it. 177 Republicans voted against it.
The package includes both spending measures and tax cuts. The American ...
The Republicans Have Nothing to Party About —
The Moderate Voice
by Walter and Rosemary Brasch
Every House Republican and 11 Democrats voted against President Barack Obama’s $819 billion stimulus package. It still passed by a vote of 244 to 188.
There are enough votes in the Senate to pass the bill, but the obstructionist Republican minority, ...
Rush: 177, Obama: 0 —
The Latest on Air America
Obama tried to charm them, Rush tried to bully them. And the results are in. Round 1 goes by unanimous decision to Rush Limbaugh. Not one House Republican voted with the president on the stimulus package even after his "charm offensive."
These guys are the barbarians at the gate, there's no ...
I'm Against it! —
BlondeSense
The Stimulus package passed the House. All Republicans voted against it along with 12 Blue Dog (Reagan type)Democrats. John 'Boner' (who probably got the okey dokey from GOP head giver Rush) said he wanted all Republicans to vote against it including two Republicans who had amendments they added ...
The first metric of the post-partisan era —
Corrente
A whole new world of cooperation :
The stimulus package passed by a vote of 244-188. Eleven Democrats voted against the measure, while no Republicans supported it.
Sorry about bipartisanship .
The HOUSE passed the economic stimulus package 244-188 —
Crooks and Liars
The HOUSE just passed the economic stimulus plan 244-188 as not one Republican voted for the bill. Wow, what a shock. Giving the Boehner's all that bipartisan love really served President Obama well .
The stimulus package passed by a vote of 244-188. Eleven Democrats voted against the ...
House Republicans Say No To Dem Pork "Stimulus" Bill —
QandO
W ell, well, well ... The measure passed 244 to 188, with 11 Democrats and 177 Republicans voting against it. That’s all the Republicans in the House. Not one voted for the package. Obviously Obama didn’t promise enough to buy them off or they can sense a turkey when they see one. ...
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