As a follow up to my previous post on the stimulus, I wanted to let you know that the House passed the bastardized stimulus bill last night. Guess what President Obama got for all those concessions in the form of tax cuts for big business? Nothing! Despite all the stuff that the Democrats removed from the bill and exchanged for tax cuts to people that don't need them (all done at the behest of the Republicans), the bill passed without a single Republican vote. Zilch. Nil. Nada. It was apparent from the start, that the Republicans were negotiating in bad faith. This was their strategy from the beginning: 1) whine about the bill as much as possible, 2) allow the Democrats to add tax cuts for business and the wealthy, and 3) vote unanimously against the stimulus citing excessive spending and the failure of Democrats to cooperate. John Boehner, the House Majority Leader, has been whining on the TV every day about how the Democrats aren't including them in the discussions. This is odd since Obama went to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to meet with Republicans. He also hosted Republicans and Democrats at the White House to try and work out a deal. Well, I wish I could say that I'm surprised, but I'm not.
Now for a lesson in civics, I will let the geniuses at School House Rock review what happens to the stimulus now that it has passed the House:
Thursday, January 29, 2009
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