Posted on 09/27/2008 2:50:36 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
Saturday afternoon so as to prevent leaks, as members of Congress and the Bush administration rolled up their sleeves to try to hammer out a compromise bill.
The BlackBerries, with Post-It notes identifying their owners, vibrated away in a small trash can, and later were spread out on a table for later retrieval, as their owners tried to help their bosses resolve the legislative logjam in one of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's offices on the second floor of the U.S. Capitol building.
House Republicans, who had not been meaningfully involved in the process until Thursday, when they announced they would not vote for the compromise bill first proposed by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, sent a high-ranking member of their leadership, Minority Whip Roy Blunt, R-Mo., who arrived to the negotiations carrying a tall cup of coffee.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., projected confidence before the meeting, saying, "It would be my hope that this could be resolved today, that we had a day for the American people and members of Congress to review the legislation on the Internet, that we could bring something to the floor possibly Sunday night or Monday morning."
House Ways and Means chairman Charlie Rangel, D-N.Y., currently the subject of an Ethics Committee investigation into whether he skirted taxes...
barf!
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“It would be my hope that this could be resolved today, that we had a day for the American people and members of Congress to review the legislation on the Internet, that we could bring something to the floor possibly Sunday night or Monday morning.”
They need more time to decide between socialism and communism.
Man if I was in charge I’d make government so transparent people would walk into walls in the capitol.
Republicans should ‘get out of the way’, step aside, and let the democrats pass the bailout. They conveniently don’t need the republicans for anything else.
The people need to confiscate Congressional seats of many RATS come November.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
The masters fear us and so the only thing for them to do is inspire all the fear they can in us. Secrecy and supremacy are inextricably entwined. It has been ever thus.
Nazi Nancy at it again! Where are the FBI indictments for half of the democrat leadership? Surely they know something by now? We do in the blogosphere!!
This meeting should be televised live so there can be total transparency on this whole issue. What is going on today is a disgrace.
Get ready for _another_ weekend surprise.
Ditzy Pelosi is so busy trying to save the planet that she doesn’t realize she can do this bill WITHOUT one Republican vote. If she’s going to save the country, she needs to get to it. Let the ‘RATS do this and they can take all of the credit/blame. I hope they don’t make the House Republicans turn over their testicles next. If they do, we’re probably sunk!
Noooooooo not their crackberry’s !!
Oh the inhumanity !
Flush Congress !
Has anyone checked the suicide rate in the last 24 hours. I think if some of these CEO´s had to face some REAL heat, they would be jumping off of tall buildings.
Had one of those already. Thought that was nasty. Bet this one's worse :(
No jokes about McCain as the inventor of the Blackberry? ABC is slipping....
I’m still walking along the edge of the cliff on this. I hate the guy. Rush has said for years if McCain reaches across the aisle, he touches a Republican.
I want Palin! :(
Isn’t this similar to the old STAR CHAMBER proceedings?
It sure is...........reminds me of the 2000 election,
and the rats trying to manufacture votes behind closed
doors. We stopped them then, we must stop them now!
Agree! This is about us, so why the secrecy? It's like they are conspiring against us, the ones they want to foot the bill for their mistakes. They all need to go.
Amen to that. Government in the sunshine! If I am going to have to pay, I demand to know who to blame and work to oust from office.
Barack Obama said that he and John McCain agreed that this should be a clean bill, clear of any earmarks.
That was before the debate. Now, he supports the ACORN allotment and the union pension subsidies.
How about if we the people vote on this bill? Maybe it’s time we just all sit down and don’t go to work for about a week. How would Pelosi, Reid, Paulson and Bernake and Obama like that?
I heard that on Thursday or Friday, the Dems had planned on attaching the bail out to the Continuing Resolution, trying to force the Republicans to vote for it to avert a government shutdown. The Dems were told to stuff it.
“...........reminds me of the 2000 election,
and the rats trying to manufacture votes behind closed
doors.”
>>>.............
worked great for them in the Washington state Gov election, or have the FR community forgot, nothing came of that election fraud ..not hopeful about 2008.
“so as to prevent leaks”
So now we have secret government?
CIA, DOD and other national security issues, I get the need for secrecy. This? No way.
If our tax dollars are going to be used to pump the bilge and scrub the barnacles from the (Barney) Frankenstinian monster that was set loose upon us then we should hear every word spoken and read every word written about WHO gets the money, WHERE, WHY, WHAT and WHEN.
This should be 24/7 on C-SPAN.
Democrats ARE Nazis.
bttt
“Democrats ARE Nazis.”
I’m using that as my tag this week.
Congressman Dodd said that they need Republicans to vote for this thing, which tell me at least one of three things is true.
There are not enough Democrat votes to pass the bill:
Dem leadership does not think this bill will work and they intend to blame Republicans when it fails:
Democrats feel they need ideological cover as they are afraid that they could lose their reputation of being for the little guy. (this one I got from Climate Audit).
In any case Blunt needs to understand that he and those members he represents have been given veto power over the bill and use it for all they are worth.
I agree- In the spirit of saving gas and saving the country, how about shutting down all eighteen-wheelers for a week? That would get their attention.
I leave mine on my dresser when I get home at night. Turn it off, and just let it set until morning and then only check it to see if anything earth shattering is waiting me. The Army just bought me a Sprint AirCard for my laptop so I suppose they expect me to bring it home now and continue working through the night and weekends. Never happen GI!
Did ya happen to get one of them thar DES / STU versions of the BB ? I like em. Serves all my digital needs and acts as a modem for a laptop if I need such !
I have a set of the shure ear buds that have a mic on the cord for mine as well and they work great when on the move or waiting for an appointment etc ......loaded it up with MP4 versions of movies and shows I never had time to watch and music I like, even audio books. I like em ........good all round do it all piece of gadget !
I hear it even makes phone calls !!.......LOL !
Stay safe SLB !
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