openleft.com - 2/2/2009
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As the Senate opens debate on the stimulus package in about an hour, and with a vote on the package scheduled for Wednesday, it is time to start whip counting. In looking to determine the amount of Republican support for the stimulus package in the Senate, Josh Nelson at The Seminal did ...
Bipartisanship on the stimulus bill won't happen
dailykos.com 1/24/2009 — Why does Obama keep thinking that "appealing for bipartisanship" will move a single Republican vote? For Republicans, the calculus is simple: If the stimulus plan succeeds, Obama and the Democratic Congress will get all the credit. If the ...
John McCain says he will vote against the stimulus package
crooksandliars.com 1/25/2009 — Download | Play Download | Play It didn't take long for Barack Obama's bipartisan buddies to obstruct his first big plan to help our desperate country. On FNS this morning, John McCain said that he would not vote for the stimulus ...
McCain and the stimulus
washingtonmonthly.com 1/26/2009 — MCCAIN AND THE STIMULUS.... The lead story on MSNBC's site right now reports, in a rather large, bold font: "McCain: Won't vote for stimulus as it stands." Sen. John McCain says it will take some big changes before he would...
Any Takers For a Green Stimulus? Senate Bill Lowballs Mass Transit
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 1/26/2009 — We've been talking about this for a while now , but mass transit is getting woefully little attention in the economic recovery proposals released so far by Democrats.
The House's stimulus bill, which is slated for a final vote on Wednesday, ...
Reasons to Vote Against Stimulus
weeklystandard.com 1/27/2009 — All House Republicans on the Appropriations Committee voted against the “stimulus bill” reported out of their panel last week. This portion of the stimulus legislation will be combined with the tax provisions (reported from the Ways and Means ...
Scenes From a Stimulus Battle, Part 4
blogs.abcnews.com 1/28/2009 — House Republicans left their meeting with President Obama today largely opposed to the stimulus bill that the House will vote upon tomorrow. But some members of the GOP leadership expressed optimism that after the bill is changed in the Senate...
"Overwhelming" GOP Opposition to Stimulus Bill
corner.nationalreview.com 1/28/2009 — Just talked to a very clued-in Republican on the Hill. This person wouldn't predict a unanimous Republican vote against the Democratic stimulus package, but said there would be "minimal" GOP support of the bill. "I don't know if it will be unanimous, ...
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 ...
Why Would Any Republican Vote for This?
corner.nationalreview.com 1/29/2009 — When Republicans take a look around, why would they vote for the 647-page stimulus bill? The House GOP leadership is opposed. The Club for Growth and Freedom Works are scoring the vote. Several other groups have chimed in against it, including the ...
Bipartisanship And The Stimulus
washingtonmonthly.com 1/29/2009 — Bipartisanship And The Stimulus As Steve noted earlier, the stimulus bill passed the House without a single Republican vote. I'm glad it passed. I'm also glad that Obama tried as hard as he did to get bipartisan support, and I...
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 ...
Gregg Supports Stimulus But Won't Vote On It
huffingtonpost.com 2/4/2009 — Senator Judd Gregg, nominated to head the Commerce Department in the Obama White House, delivered a double blow to the prospects of a stimulus bill passing the Senate when he let it be known on Wednesday that he generally supported the measure but ...
Neanderthal Party
talkingpointsmemo.com 2/5/2009 — Elana Schor has a post this morning showing the four Senate Republicans who appear to be in play for President Obama on the Stimulus Bill, based on their vote last night on Sen. DeMint's alternative Stimulus Bill. But there's something else last ...
America’s Mayors to GOP: PLEASE Vote for the Stimulus!
firedoglake.com 2/5/2009 — First it was the economists , then the governors (and GOP ones like Schwarzenegger at that). Now it's the mayors' turn to beg the Republicans in the Senate and their Blue Dog buddies to stop screwing around and vote for the stimulus already:
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The Stimulus: Still Popular After All These Weeks
fivethirtyeight.com 2/3/2009 — I've seen it asserted, assumed or alleged in many places that the stimulus package is hemorrhaging public support and might become something of an albatross around the Obama administration's neck. While I don't doubt that the stimulus could become ...
Bipartisan bromides
krugman.blogs.nytimes.com 2/4/2009 — Josh Marshall gives us David Broder talking about stimulus - which he says failed to achieve the predicted results the first time. It's not clear whether he was referring to the TARP or the early 2008 stimulus package, but either way it's a poor ...
Stimulus defenders wake up
washingtonmonthly.com 2/4/2009 — STIMULUS DEFENDERS WAKE UP.... After a propaganda bombardment that's been so intense that even those who would benefit from economic stimulus package are voicing their opposition to it, those congressional staffers and appropriations experts who ...
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