House to Vote on Stimulus Bill, GOP to Say No (ABC)

[Eugene]

Source: ABC News

House to Vote on Stimulus Bill, GOP to Say No
Senate Ready to Make Changes in House Bill
By MARK MOONEY
Jan. 28, 2009

Despite visiting Republicans in Congress and stripping out
two provisions the GOP objected to, President Obama is expected
to win the House vote on his economic stimulus plan today, but
without significant Republican support.

Obama's efforts won him some compliments from Republicans who
figure they can make deals with the Democratic president when
the bill goes to the Senate next week.

The Democratically controlled House is scheduled to vote on the
$825 billion measure late this afternoon or this evening, and
it is expected to pass with only about a dozen Republicans
voting for it.

The Senate is designing a version that totals about $900 billion.
Encouraged by Obama's outreach, both sides are hopeful that
more Republicans will support the final version when differences
in the two bills are negotiated by the House and Senate.

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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/President44/story?id=6748037&page=1

[Veritas_et_Aequitas]

1. Fine. Let the Republicans show their true colors -

enemies of the middle and working classes and obstructionist swine.

[JaneQPublic]

3. Just like Clinton's Stimulus Bill...

...which passed without a single GOP vote. So when the economy improved and the country enjoyed its longest period of growth and prosperity in history, the Repukes deserved not a whit of credit.

Of course, they still tried to claim credit, because that's what they do: Pass the buck for all the damage they cause on their watch, and then try to grab credit when the Dems get in office and finally clean things up.

[blue_onyx]

2. Unless the entire stimulus was tax cuts (mainly for the rich)

the GOP wouldn't support ANY stimulus bill. There's no political reason for the GOP to be bipartisan. It might be in the best interest of the country but the GOP doesn't care about that.

[ThomWV]

4. Next line: GPO Vote irrelevant, progress marches on