Tag: stimulus bill

Just now on Rachel Maddow, Rep. Don Manzullo (R-Il), who voted against the stimulus bill (duhh), was saying he wanted to see something like this. We give people a $5,000 voucher to go out and buy a new car. That way they could get that new car for about $300 a month and that would […]

Every single Republican in the House votes against the stimulus bill. You got to hand it to them – they stick together no matter how far off the cliff the leadership is driving them. What gets me though is that the Democrats kept making concessions to the Republicans on this, and like a bunch of […]

We are rapidly losing jobs. The economy is on the brink. This week has been no better, yet Republican leadership continues to play games with the stimulus bill. Here’s how the Democrats need to proceed on it. The stimulus package has strong public support, while the Republican leaders opposing it have some of the lowest […]

So much compassion that they filibuster helping out our vets, elderly and poor: Senate Republicans blocked a move by Democrats on Wednesday to add more than $40 billion in checks for the elderly, disabled veterans and the unemployed to a bill to stimulate the economy. The 58-41 vote fell just short of the 60 required […]