2-13-09
The Democrats own it and it’s pretty much a done deal…787 billion dollars, not counting the interest which will put this Obamanation well over ONE TRILLION, is the final figure in the 1100 page spend-ulus package thrust upon an unwilling and unhappy American citizenry after the remaining vote is cast in the Senate tonight. The White House is drawing Senator Sherrod Brown away from his mother’s wake with a flight to Washington DC so he can vote this thing onto Obama’s desk. Brown will then get on a plane and head back to Ohio to bury her.
Honestly does anyone think these Congresscritters are the ones writing this legislation? Guess again folks, the lobbyists are eyeball deep in this sewage and it’s little wonder none of these politicians have read this thing since none of them even had a copy of it to read even if they wanted to!
Congressional Offices Don’t Have the Stimulus Bill, Lobbyists Do By Paul Bedard, Washington Whispers
We’re receiving E-mails from Capitol Hill staffers expressing frustration that they can’t get a copy of the stimulus bill agreed to last night at a price of $789 billion. What’s more, staffers are complaining about who does have a copy: K Street lobbyists. E-mails one key Democratic staffer: “K Street has the bill, or chunks of it, already, and the congressional offices don’t. So, the Hill is getting calls from the press (because it’s leaking out) asking us to confirm or talk about what we know—but we can’t do that because we haven’t seen the bill.
