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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not-holding-breath....
Kepp the pressure on, folks!! Kill Porkulus!!
eyep...another round of phones people
And even if it isn’t killed, it may yet be crippled.
Nancy Pelosi has to learn to get over herself. She is not Queen and is not better than the people. She has been elected to serve the people; not the other way around.
It pleases me that Frou Pelosi is worried
It would be wise for other elected office holders to remember they are also elected to serve the people.
The Socialist Dems should have never HAD your vote! The Republican party need to clean house and purge all RINOs... as I said in my email to the new RNC head Michael Steele.
Web Site links to contact their offices (Snowe, Collins, and Specter)
http://collins.senate.gov/public/continue.cfm?FuseAction=Home.Home&IsTextOnly=true
http://specter.senate.gov/public/
http://snowe.senate.gov/public/
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
Does it really matter??
Will the Senate need 60 votes for final passage or is it a simple majority now. If that is the case, we are soooooooooooooooo screwed.
Why not, "three liberal Republicans and a moderate Democrat"? Because the writer wants you to believe that a non-moderate is an extremist.
In any case...
prisoner6
Yes, they need 60.
Obama is the typical shyster salesman. Its the best thing available anywhere and is only available if you buy it today without examining any of its details. In truth its a real bufflo jump ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_jump ) with congress and Obama driving the nation over the cliff.
Will Obama wait for five days of email comments before he signs this? Seems as though someone on FR found such a promise.
Yes ... It's a good thing for US that she is the only one of those, 500 or so, criminals.
Thanks for the early morning laugh.
Porkulus - the other white meat...
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