Let's talk about the stimulus bill.
There was no time in congress to debate it and amend it, just throw it together and vote!
Then, it was rushed through so fast that the conference committee used Post-It Notes to make changes.
There was no time to read it, just vote!
There was no time to allow the public to view it, just sign it!
Now, we find out about the AIG bonuses (protected in the stimulus) and feign ignorance.
Bottom line: This is sloppy leadership from congress and the White House.
Posted by: Hugh Hewitt:
That’s Mike Allen’s assessment of a proposed health-care and carbon-tax jam down via the Budget Resolution, an end-run around the Senate’s 60 vote rule, which has previously only been used for tax code changes impacting the budget, not major policy proposals like an overhaul of health care and cap-and-trade.
The best argument against the jam down is in the dismal results of recent past jam throughs.
Last fall the Congress pushed through the Consumer Products Safety Improvement Act (”CSPIA”) which is causing the needless destruction of billions of dollars of goods and crippling whole industries.
The stimulus bill itself had numerous screw-ups within it, hidden from view and correction because of the speed with which it was advanced.
The AIG bonuses are a result of carelessness and haste on the part of Team Obama.
Imagine what will happen to your health care or the country’s entire economy if the mad dash methodology is adopted for medicine or cap-and-trade.
The Senate should be in full revolt over the stripping away of its institutional role, and the MSM should be mocking the idea that this was ever a president committed to bipartisanship.