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Sources: Tentative deal reached for $780 billion stimulus package
CNN ^ | Fri Feb 6, 2009 | Ed Henry, Dana Bash and Lisa Desjardins

Posted on 02/06/2009 3:10:50 PM PST by bergmeid

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Democratic and Republican senators have reached a tentative agreement for a $780 billion stimulus package, according to two Democratic sources and a GOP negotiator.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Front Page News; Government
KEYWORDS: obama; porkulus; stimulus; stimuluswatch
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1 posted on 02/06/2009 3:10:50 PM PST by bergmeid
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Republican agreement??? How many? Three??


2 posted on 02/06/2009 3:17:48 PM PST by EagleUSA
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To: bergmeid

not done yet.


3 posted on 02/06/2009 3:18:23 PM PST by Retired Greyhound
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Whoopee!!! $20,000,000,000 less than the original figure of 800 billion. Oh yeah, they wasted 28 billion in the first go around on the banks so I guess they decided not to include waste in this one. Some compromise.


4 posted on 02/06/2009 3:18:35 PM PST by ProudFossil
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To: bergmeid

How much is still PORK? Does it have rules for accountability and transparency? Anything less is just more of the same waste and lack of honest government for the people.


5 posted on 02/06/2009 3:19:03 PM PST by yoe
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They are spending that much this weekend in their upscale little retreat.


6 posted on 02/06/2009 3:19:08 PM PST by bergmeid (Watchin' Obrother self-destruct)
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NO!


7 posted on 02/06/2009 3:19:11 PM PST by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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How much is still PORK? Does it have rules for accountability and transparency? Anything less is just more of the same waste and lack of honest government for the people.


8 posted on 02/06/2009 3:19:36 PM PST by yoe
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So many questions...all these state projects..WHO PAYS FOR THEM ONCE THEY’RE DONE? I can’t believe this is happening...we are in so much trouble.


9 posted on 02/06/2009 3:20:52 PM PST by Hildy
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To: bergmeid

Sellout RINOs. Their minority leadership should strip them of every committe position of any consequence. Put them on the Wounded Grasshopper Committee. Fake senators with no conviction. Shame on these people.


10 posted on 02/06/2009 3:21:16 PM PST by shankbear (Al-Qaeda grew while Monica blew)
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To: bergmeid
Call it what is is - The Pelosi Pig- and it will drown down in pork grease.
11 posted on 02/06/2009 3:21:46 PM PST by matthew fuller (Palin/McCain 08- So let it be written, So let it be done!)
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Time to start pounding on Michael Steele to throw these people out of the party.


12 posted on 02/06/2009 3:22:36 PM PST by bergmeid (Watchin' Obrother self-destruct)
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"Thanks to patsy Susan Collins, we now say, 'Death to America.'"

13 posted on 02/06/2009 3:22:36 PM PST by Diogenesis (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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But Steele is being hailed as a big moderate and a compromiser. I hope that isn’t true. He needs to hitch em up and slam these defectors and start the process of replacing them.


14 posted on 02/06/2009 3:24:37 PM PST by shankbear (Al-Qaeda grew while Monica blew)
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To: bergmeid

Another stinking lying CNN headline. The article doesn’t say they’ve reached an agreement AT ALL! What crap.


15 posted on 02/06/2009 3:25:03 PM PST by erkyl (The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in a period of moral crisis, stay neutral)
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To: Diogenesis

Actually that was said November 4, 2008. Everything after that is only nailing the coffin shut.


16 posted on 02/06/2009 3:27:33 PM PST by sport
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Sources: Tentative deal reached for $780 billion stimulus package

CBO: Obama Stimulus Plan is HARMFUL to the Economy

CEOs, Bankers Used Corporate Credit Cards for Sex, Says New York Madam

2nd UPDATE: TARP Watchdog: Treasury Overpaid For TARP Investments (turn Fox News on)


17 posted on 02/06/2009 3:27:35 PM PST by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (I want to "Buy American" but the only things for sale made in the USA are politicians)
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In a sad way, this bill’s passage is actually a good thing in the sense that it will accelerate the pace of the country’s eventual bankruptcy. Because it will be at that point, and that point only, that we will have a chance to return to the limited government envisioned by the Founding Fathers.


18 posted on 02/06/2009 3:27:47 PM PST by RAT_Poison
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I sort of agree. Look at it this way. 2010 Elections are now looking good.


19 posted on 02/06/2009 3:30:59 PM PST by bergmeid (Watchin' Obrother self-destruct)
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I called and emailed Specter’s office today and I told him to oppose the bill. I reminded him that their will be no President Bush to come to PA to campaign for him in the 2010 Primary.


20 posted on 02/06/2009 3:33:21 PM PST by Ikemeister
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