This is not satire. This is a real bill, all $845 billion dollars worth.
Cosponsors [as of 2008-07-06]
Sen. Joseph Biden [D-DE]
Sen. Jeff Bingaman [D-NM]
Sen. Barbara Boxer [D-CA]
Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]
Sen. Maria Cantwell [D-WA]
Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]
Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME]
Sen. Christopher Dodd [D-CT]
Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]
Sen. Russell Feingold [D-WI]
Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]
Sen. Charles Hagel [R-NE]
Sen. Thomas Harkin [D-IA]
Sen. Tim Johnson [D-SD]
Sen. John Kerry [D-MA]
Sen. Richard Lugar [R-IN]
Sen. Robert Menéndez [D-NJ]
Sen. Barbara Mikulski [D-MD]
Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]
Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]
Sen. Gordon Smith [R-OR]
Sen. Olympia Snowe [R-ME]
Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]
It IS a real bill...and a dangerous one, but apparently Senator Obama was not responsible for the quote that was attributed.
Pretty sneaky to get the bill this far by using a voice vote in the House, right?
Juan is the only RINO missing?
I guess we have our own version of a Schumcky Chucky in the GOP. The dishonorable Senator Hagel from Nebraska.