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| Senate advances generational theft package | |
| 2009-02-10 | |
Spurred on by President Barack Obama, an $838 billion economic recovery plan advanced toward passage in the Senate on Tuesday, after clearing a last procedural hurdle with the help of three Republicans on Monday evening.
Republican support was confined to three moderates: Maine Sens. Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe and Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania. All had a major hand in negotiating provisions in the bill, including a Collins-Specter deal last Friday to scale back the package by $108 billion. But the lack of more bipartisan support remains a disappointment for the White House and leaves the president battling criticism from his defeated rival, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.). “This is neither bipartisan nor a compromise,” McCain said in a biting speech on the floor. “It is generational theft.” | |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #11 Term Limits. Either the book or legislatively - I'm good either way. |
| Posted by: Hellfish 2009-02-10 20:47 |
| #10 for some reason, bush felt it a good idea to support specter in his primary in 2004... just 3 more on my list of aneurysms i pray for each night may their physical brain explode since they don't use it form anything productive |
| Posted by: Abu do you love 2009-02-10 19:03 |
| #9 Yes, Besoeker. I feel so refreshed now. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2009-02-10 14:10 |
| #8 Watching too much of these slimeball dems has resulted in the need for a screen cleaning. Passing this one along. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-02-10 13:10 |
| #7 I'll say it again: Biggest heist in history. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2009-02-10 12:01 |
| #6 PA could not sustain Santorum and passed on Toomey when he last challenged Specter. Toomey may well take out Specter in 2010, but it will probably be a pyrrhic victory as PA has turned true blue with the conversion of Delaware, Montgomery and Chester Counties from reliable red. PA is rapidly following in the footsteps of Caliphornia into one party rule with occasional guest appearances by RINOs and futile efforts by the ideologically unacceptable. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2009-02-10 09:46 |
| #5 Besoeker - he can't have Bolton, tho. We need him. |
| Posted by: lotp 2009-02-10 08:25 |
| #4 Collins, Snowe, Specter. Remember them next election. Like the Trunk party in their states has come up with any viable alternative. Wonder why they're so old and yet still in the seat? Same goes to the article down below about Val Kilmar running for NM governor. The state level Trunks are just as infested with the good old boys running failed tickets after failed tickets, so they just shrug their shoulders and live with the RINOs. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-02-10 08:25 |
| #3 (a) I like Lieberman---he's a hometown boy. (b) Ha ha ha: trade a royal flush for a pair of threes? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2009-02-10 08:09 |
| #2 Grom: My offer still stands. I'll give you the Messiah for Bebe and I'll personally throw in three loaves of homemade challah. But wait, there's more. I'll even throw in a guarantee that neither Lieberman or Rice ever visits you again! |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-02-10 06:26 |
| #1 Collins, Snowe, Specter. Remember them next election You Americans are such optimistic people. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2009-02-10 06:12 |