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* Obama’s Bipartisan Stimulus Plan: Neither Stimulative Nor Bipartisan
Pajamas Media ^ | January 29 | Jennifer Rubin

Posted on 01/29/2009 9:24:01 AM PST by AJKauf

President Obama’s stimulus plan, we were told, was designed to jolt the economy, “save” or “create” jobs and garner bipartisan support. The bill which passed the House Wednesday by a 244-188 margin (attracting not a single Republican vote and losing eleven Democrats) does none of these things. Although the bill now goes to the Senate, the House vote is in a sense a stunning rebuke. As Minority Leader John Boehner said in a released statement: “This was a bipartisan rejection of a partisan bill.”

So what happened?...

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 111th; bho44; bhostimulus; schifflist

1 posted on 01/29/2009 9:24:01 AM PST by AJKauf
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The only bi-partisan aspect was in the opposition to it.


2 posted on 01/29/2009 9:25:33 AM PST by LachlanMinnesota
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To: AJKauf
“This was a bipartisan rejection of a partisan bill.”

Exactly. Wonderful statement.

3 posted on 01/29/2009 9:29:02 AM PST by dware (3 prohibited topics in mixed company: politics, religion and operating systems...)
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To: AJKauf
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
4 posted on 01/29/2009 9:29:44 AM PST by Bertram3 (Maybe if we don't feed him...)
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