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Republican senators meet to weigh stimulus alternative [RINO alert] [McCain's Gang of 10]
CNN Political Ticker ^
| 2009-02-03
Posted on 02/03/2009 11:13:14 AM PST by rabscuttle385
WASHINGTON (CNN) Ten Republican senators met in Sen. Mel Martinez's office Tuesday morning to discuss a broader stimulus measure than their leadership is proposing but a narrower one than Democrats are considering.
CNN was the only news organization outside the meeting.
Afterwards, Martinez told CNN the details are still being debated and finalized, but they are looking at a ballpark figure of $500 billion, including the cost of tax cuts, infrastructure and military spending, and provisions to address the housing crisis.
Martinez and Sen. Lindsey Graham said they plan to present their ideas to fellow Republicans at their weekly policy lunch today.
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The group of senators included John McCain, Mel Martinez, Saxby Chambliss, Susan Collins, Richard Burr, George Voinovich, Tom Coburn, John Thune, Johnny Isakson, and Lindsey Graham.
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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: Arizona; US: Florida; US: Georgia; US: Maine; US: North Carolina; US: Ohio; US: South Carolina; US: South Dakota
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"The worst thing we can do is just say no."
U.S. Senator Susan Collins, RINO-Maine, on the Democrats' economic stimulus proposal
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posted on
02/03/2009 11:13:45 AM PST
by
rabscuttle385
("If this be treason, then make the most of it!" —Patrick Henry)
To: Sarah Barracuda
The group of senators included John McCain, Mel Martinez, Saxby Chambliss, Susan Collins, Richard Burr, George Voinovich, Tom Coburn, John Thune, Johnny Isakson, and Lindsey Graham.Chambliss too?
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posted on
02/03/2009 11:14:52 AM PST
by
rabscuttle385
("If this be treason, then make the most of it!" —Patrick Henry)
To: upchuck
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posted on
02/03/2009 11:15:05 AM PST
by
rabscuttle385
("If this be treason, then make the most of it!" —Patrick Henry)
To: DoughtyOne; exit82; TADSLOS; cripplecreek; sickoflibs
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posted on
02/03/2009 11:16:53 AM PST
by
rabscuttle385
("If this be treason, then make the most of it!" —Patrick Henry)
To: rabscuttle385
That surprised me too! I wrote all of my reps and the manority leaders and asked them not to support the stimulus or Daschle. One down but one big one left.
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posted on
02/03/2009 11:17:05 AM PST
by
mtnwmn
( Liberalism leads to Socialism)
To: rabscuttle385
“their ideas”
Not their, but their favorite lobbyists’ plans.
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posted on
02/03/2009 11:18:03 AM PST
by
Shermy
("The whole world has financed the United States, ...they have a reciprocal debt with the planet.")
To: rabscuttle385
Here we go...leading in to the main event this Sunday.
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posted on
02/03/2009 11:18:04 AM PST
by
TADSLOS
(McCain always has a job as Obama's Butt Boy when he loses his seat in 2010)
To: rabscuttle385
My alternative Stimulus package.
No more bailouts. Let all private companies fail.
Cut 50% of all non-defense government spending immediately.
Begin process of reviewing each and every govt. agency line by line.
Eliminate capital gains tax
Replace income tax with a 10% flat tax
Privatize social security
I’d also throw a bone to public works and begin construction on a double fence along the southern border.
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posted on
02/03/2009 11:18:21 AM PST
by
wilco200
(11/4/08 - The Day America Jumped the Shark)
To: rabscuttle385
Just watch these RINOs snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Arggh, they are so inept!
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posted on
02/03/2009 11:19:07 AM PST
by
Obadiah
(The orgasm has replaced the cross as the focus of longing and fulfillment.)
To: rabscuttle385
Why are Collins & Snowe so worried about opposing this? They are RINOs that routinely get re-elected in Maine with 60%-70% of the vote. They are never in any real danger.
Anyway, it won’t matter. The Harry Reids and the Chuck Schumers of the world won’t allow this package to pass. And even if it does, the communist House leadership won’t accept it.
To: rabscuttle385
But, but... when McCain was attacking conservative agendas, he had Democrats with him. Where are the Democrats?
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posted on
02/03/2009 11:21:05 AM PST
by
pallis
To: rabscuttle385
Georgia’s Senators are going the way of Susan Collins. I made a mistake voting for Chambliss again. I will not make the same mistake when Isakson comes back up for a vote.
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posted on
02/03/2009 11:24:53 AM PST
by
mort56
To: rabscuttle385
To: wilco200; upchuck; DoughtyOne; TADSLOS; indylindy; cripplecreek; calcowgirl
McCain et al. are drowning out
DeMint's counter-proposal, which includes a multitude of permanent tax rate reductions and tax repeals (AMT, estate tax, capital gains and dividends taxes, income taxes, corporate taxes, etc.), as well as a broad simplification of the tax code!
McCain and the other nine idiots on his team are running interference for the leftists. Thanks to them, what we're going to end up with is a slightly watered-down version of the current porkulus package instead of the real change offered by DeMint's alternative.
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posted on
02/03/2009 11:25:32 AM PST
by
rabscuttle385
("If this be treason, then make the most of it!" —Patrick Henry)
To: rabscuttle385
Democrats: “Let’s tear down the Washington Monument!”
GOP response: “Let’s do it in 3 phases.”
New tagline...
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posted on
02/03/2009 11:25:49 AM PST
by
EternalVigilance
(Democrats: "Let's tear down the Washington Monument!" - GOP response: "Let's do it in 3 phases.")
To: rabscuttle385
When you say Voinovich, you might as well mean Blagojevich, they’re cut from the same cloth. When I first heard the name Blagojevich on the radio being indicted, I guess wishful thinking made me think they said Voinovich, and I thought he was finally getting his due.
To: rabscuttle385
But why is Coburn in on this if it’s a typical McCain RINO initiative? I’m truly puzzled. I’d assume it’s another McCain betrayal, except that Coburn is involved.
Help. Can anyone explain this?
To: rabscuttle385
That’s my overall take on it. John is merely doing what John does so well.
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posted on
02/03/2009 11:29:26 AM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(D1: Home of the golden tag line: FBI cuts off CAIR for contact with Hamas, Obama wants to talk to.)
To: rabscuttle385
I just called Chambliss office in Washington and the mailbox is full. So I called Atlanta. The poor woman got an earful from me and then I told her to tell the Rino that we could always start a recall. I am so angry right now.
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