Posted on 03/15/2010 2:58:37 PM PDT by fightinJAG
As if the entire weekend of torrential rain wasn’t depressing enough, today’s New York Times offers more gloomy news: it’s a story about the mind-boggling amount of money being spent to influence lawmakers on health care reform.
With a vote on President Obama’s health care legislation expected as early as this week, reporter Jeff Zeleny says the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is leading a group of opponents, who together have already spent $11 million this month (with more to come) to target 27 House Democrats who supported the bill last year and 13 who were against it. Of course, supporters of the measure are also spending millions, the report says. Zeleny writes:
(Excerpt) Read more at commonhealth.wbur.org ...
Pelosi: "I Have No Intention Of Not Passing This Bill"
Madame Speaker seems very confident of your obedience. Or your price.
So THATS where the rest of the TARP money is going?
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