Congress Passes the Economic Stimulus Bill - To be on Obama's Desk on Monday
Friday, February 13, 2009
Now it's official. The U.S. Senate had a final vote of 60-38, while the House previously passed the measure earlier in the day of 246-183. The stimulus package is likely to land on Obama's desk by the Democratic leadership's self-imposed deadline of Presidents Day on Monday.
I'm all for the stimulus bill, because something is needed to help jump start the economy, and most economists from both sides of the isle agree that the government must help in this time of crisis with the economy. But, I am not too happy to hear that the Congress has just passed legislation that they haven't read completely. They don't know everything that is in the bill. How can they read 1100 pages in one day and agree on everything in it? How do they know what is exactly in it. Well, they don't. So how could they vote on it? It has also come to light that this kind of thing happens all the time in Congress. If it weren't such an emergency to get it passed, I would also be against passing the economic stimulus bill.
The thought of the Congress passing a bill that they haven't read is almost unbelievable.
In the rush to pass the bill, President Obama has confirmed that the government is not as bi-partisan as he would like it to be. In matter of fact, President Obama is learning that he can try and court the republicans all he wants to, but the core Conservative Republican vote is something that he is not ever going to get.
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