Way to go Republicans! Nicely done. Make nice and then rub their noses in shit. This bill is your crap sandwich, you eat it.
It’s not Obama they’re against, it’s the dumb asses in his party. I don’t believe that line either, but it sounds good.
Cutting $6 billion off of the crap sandwich and calling it a gesture towards the Republicans by the Democrats is rich. Now they scream for bipartisanship. Where was that when the Republicans were running things?
Another thing I’m hearing is that we can’t talk shit about Der Fuhrer. It’s “un-American” and divisive. What a crock. Divisive is what the Democrats did for the last eight years. Douche-nozzles.
Missing in Package: Bipartisan Support
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has talked often about working toward a new bipartisanship in fractious Washington, and has met frequently with Republicans, hoping to win support.
The net result of all that outreach? Not a single Republican supported Mr. Obama’s economic recovery package on the House floor Wednesday night. It passed 244-188, with 11 Democrats joining the Republicans.
The solid Republican opposition, led by House Minority Leader John Boehner (R., Ohio), raises questions about whether the new era of bipartisanship that Mr. Obama promised during the campaign is truly within reach, or if Washington remains stuck in its acrimonious ways. Most immediately, the vote may mean that Democrats have to make more compromises in the Senate version of the recovery package, which is scheduled for a vote next week.
In the Senate, a vote that falls short of 60 senators supporting a bill allows the opposition to filibuster, or block passage through indefinite debate. But some Republicans are signaling privately that they are reluctant to filibuster the stimulus package, and Senate Democrats appear to be reaching out more aggressively to address GOP concerns on the bill.
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