[rwfromkansas]

nonsense.....the president gets the credit in the public eyes on the economy, not the congress.

[My2Cents]

I know that; you know that; the President knows that. But the Dems in Congress are desparate for an issue. They now know that they cannot beat the drum about "Bush's Recession," because by all measures, the recession is over. So, with the economy in good health by November, the Dems are going to want some means of taking credit for the recovery in their campaigns. The only way one can is to say they voted for the "economic stimulus" bill. The bill is meaningless in terms of recovery, but the vast majority of people who vote Democrat won't know that.