Senate Dems Compromise Away Best Parts of Recovery Plan
Senate Democrats on Friday bartered away key elements of the more robust plan approved by the House.
In order to get the votes of two Republican (Maine's Susan Collins and Pennsylvania's Arlen Specter) and perhaps another (Mainer Olympia Snowe) that were needed to undermine the threat of a GOP filibuster, Reid surrendered $86 billion is proposed stimulus spending. In doing so, the Democrats agreed to cut not just fat but bone, and to warp the focus and intent of the legislation. Full Story »
Posted by Dwight Rousu
We should have a bill for the people, not for the bi-partisans. I think the dems should have forced the GOPpers to actually filibuster and thus incur the wrath of the large majority of the country. This is a time to address problems constructively, not posture pompously for politics two years down the road.