In an embarrassment to Obama, the Republicans refused to rubber-stamp the bill, as Obama seemed to expect.
According to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the Republicans actually had the gall to vote their beliefs and not kowtow to Obama in some bizarre show of bi-partisanship:
“People vote for what they believe in. Clearly, Republicans did not believe in [the bill's] agenda … I think they probably voted their conscience.”Yet, somehow, voting one's conscience is not a good thing, at least according to Pelosi's spokesman, Brendan Daly, who charged that "...Republicans acted in a partisan and irresponsible manner.”
So, voting for a bill that is wholly "the president's agenda," is non-partisan, but voting for "what (you) believe in" against Obama is partisan and wrong. You figure it out.
I, for one, am glad they voted their conscience and against this pork-laden bill.
If only the Democrats on the Hill would do the same.
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Yes! Last time they did held together like this (voting unanimously against Clinton's 1993 budget) we were soon in the middle of the longest economic expansion in history, 20 million new jobs, and wiping out the budget deficit. This is a very good sign, amigo.
Sigh. Clinton's 1993 budget did nothing (the largest tax cut in US history, recall). The tax cuts of 1995 is what triggered the expansion. The expansion, by the way, that started in the early 1980s under Reagan, and his tax cuts. If tax increases help the economy,HW Bush's tax increase (read-my-lips, I'm raising your taxes) would have helped. It didn't.
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