Don’t forget that it was the republicans that spent money like drunken sailors during most of the GW Bush years. Specter, Snowe, and Collins are just continuing that legacy. The only reason that the republicans are now converted to fiscal conservativism is because they are now the minority party.
Who cares what the reason is?
They're doing the right thing NOW.
Yes, and you already have the same bunch of republican party first sycophants here on FR screeching back at you that those acts are ancient history, since the republicans in congress have now shown their spine and "ganged" together to vote against the democrat giveaway porkulus bill since the dems refused to compromise to their own 30% leaner version of pork and giveaway money to Wall Street and industry in exchange for their capitalist souls. Yeah, they're real conservative visionaries and warriors, those tough pubbies up on capitol hill. LOL! The GOP is a sad little joke.