Posted on 02/11/2009 3:29:34 AM PST by Jim Robinson
Nancy Pelosi had heard enough, thank you very much, after two enraged House Democrats rose at Tuesday’s caucus meeting to bitterly denounce the Senate’s take-it-or-leave-it offer on the stimulus.
It wasn’t because Pelosi wasn’t ticked off herself — quite the opposite.
“At a certain point, after a couple of members had expressed themselves, she asked that future speakers not address that issue because it was reminding her how angry she was,” said Rep. Anthony D. Weiner (D-N.Y.), who was in the room.
When Pelosi emerged from behind closed doors a few minutes later to address the press, she wore the broadest possible smile on her face. But her words expressed the grimmest possible resolve, as she girded for a conference committee battle on the stimulus destined to yield, at best, partial victory.
“Usually you go to conference and split the difference between the two houses — that may not be the case here,” Pelosi said. “At these conferences, my experience has been that the White House has a seat at the table — that they weigh in.”
Both Obama and Pelosi are hoping to restore significant stimulus spending eliminated by the Senate, especially $21 billion in school construction and technology grants, $10.3 billion in COBRA insurance and $8.6 billion in new Medicaid coverage for the unemployed.
The Senate passed its $830 billion stimulus bill Tuesday — but it wouldn’t have passed at all without the support of three moderate Republicans and a conservative Democrat who helped the Democratic majority obtain the 60 votes necessary to stop a filibuster.
Majority Leader Harry Reid’s solution has created its own set of problems for the speaker. Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine), Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) and Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) all have publicly insisted that the measure emerge more or less unchanged...
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Wow, what an eye-opening article. Thanks for the link.
Thank you for that link.
I will contribute.
Its time.
............he better be with conservatives.........
----IF he knows what's good for him
Should we then call ONLY the speaker’s office, and tell her NOT to back down?
Encouraging her to make a scene, while still giving hell to every other member of congress to cause even more in bickering?
Operation Chaos Part Dux!
Signed it Jim.
I tried and got the hijacked link, too. I then typed in the address and got right to it. GREAT idea! It’s time! Thanks for the tip.
Fax the 3 Stooges’ district offices all the live long day!
It might not help, but it cannot hurt.
Our country is worth the effort!
January 20, 2009.
You can’t go directly to it through your link. You have to google again and you still may not find it. They are fond of doing this to conservative sites.
I'll swap for my Lautenberg and Menendez. Talk about a lack of conservative representation.
They also may spell your link wrong so you won’t find it too. Another trick. I think when I linked from your link they split your spelling.
Kill Porkulus!
AARP has already come out for the whole, stinkin package.
send it back in the pre-paid envelope and include a note
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That’s what I do. I get a thrill out of knowing I told them off and they paid the postage. : )
This is really getting fun.
I've been having this problem with more and more frequency lately.
I hate to admit it, but I think our Republican traitors were the only thing that prevented the socialized medicine intitiatives being included in the Senate version. They kept mentioning that they opposed the long term legislation.
Ignorance and uninformed plus the MSM can account for some of that. Most of them just voted for speeches and color. They didn't have a clue about anything else. This includes whites and blacks.
A Pelosi-Reid cage match ought to be the next main event back at Harry Reid’s constituency.
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