Stimulus passes 244-188 with ALL Republicans voting no!
Exce-fucking-lent! Finally some stones emerge!
For better or (probably) worse, this is totally owned by the Dems now.
12 Dems also voted no...doesn't say much for Pelosi's power of persuasion!
This should be some party after the stimulus vote...
Washington Post has the official count...all 177 Republicans vote no with 11 Dems also voting no.
Pelosi:
And it's all yours baby!
For better or (probably) worse, this is totally owned by the Dems now.
12 Dems also voted no...doesn't say much for Pelosi's power of persuasion!
This should be some party after the stimulus vote...
Washington Post has the official count...all 177 Republicans vote no with 11 Dems also voting no.
Pelosi:
"He said he wanted action, bold and swift, and that is exactly what we are doing," Pelosi told reporters before the vote.
And it's all yours baby!
Stimulus bill moves us closer to nationalized health care and rationing
ReplyDeleteThe House of Representatives approved an $819 billion economic stimulus package Wednesday. The party line vote was a blow to Barack Obama's alleged desire for bipartisanship. All the Republicans and 11 democrats voted against the bill. One thing in the bill that went mostly unnoticed was a new bureaucracy called the Federal Coordinating Council for Comparative Effectiveness Research.