Breaking ABC - Porkulus passes House with NO Republican support

abc ^ | 2/13 | abc

[SueRae]

Here we go.

Bon Voyage Madam

[P.O.E.]

Bon Voyage Madam

"Good night, Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are"

[Girlene]

Whoops. From MSNBC

Told that no Republican backed the measure, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs reacted by citing another number: "3.5 million jobs that we look forward to saving or creating."

[Brad’s Gramma]

BTTT

[snowsislander]

Well done by the Republicans to hold together against this incredible pig of a bill, and also well done by the seven Democrats brave enough to face the wrath of the radically left House leadership.

[QenBirQeni]

You’re right. But I still think the Senate Republicans need someone like Eric Cantor to shout those one percenters into line with the rest of the Republicans.

[6323cd]

It's Post #93 on this thread.

[ponygirl]

I propose that when this bill passes, we all mail some raw pork to the offices of Pelosi and Reid. Just a few slices of bacon would do. By the time it gets to them, it should be good and stinky and rancid, just like their “stimulus.”

[Cedric]

There’s gotta be a McCain connection somewhere!

{In any event, he didn’t do it.}

[kcvl]

That is a wig!

[Girlene]

I believe Kennedy is down in Florida and the Senate is not expecting him to vote. Another Dem. senator, Brown, will be flying in after a memorial for his mother to cast the deciding vote. That’s why those three Rep. senate votes are important to the Dems.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

The “No Pork Left Behind” bill.

[pctech]

I think the Founding Fathers have been rolling in their graves for quite some time now. It wouldn’t surprise me if they’ve worn a hole in the bottom of their coffins.

[edge10]

Good on the Republicans.

A sad day for the USA.

[HoosierHawk]

Cao, New Orleans, must have changed his mind.

[BibChr]

To “go Arlen,” wouldn’t he have had to vote “Not proven”?

[Recovering_Democrat]

Men who want to watch the world burn are happy today.

[warsaw44]

Yes, and at post #86 of this thread there is a link to the article.

[Nemes1s]

wasn’t there a Vietnamese American Rep who stated he was going to vote for this?? I should have book marked the thread with his name.

Yeah Josepah Cao said he was thinking about voting yay.

But it turns out that he didn't so there goes his tiny chance of getting re-elected in his heavily Democrat district but he has earned my respect.

[warsaw44]

Many thanks - exactly what I had been looking for.

[kcvl]

New Orleans Rep. Anh “Joseph” Cao was the only Republican member who had signaled a willingness to support the bill, but he said he decided this morning that the package was too expensive and wouldn’t do enough to create jobs in his distirct.

http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2009/02/house_passes_obamas_economic_s.html