Barack Obama captured the White House on a message of hope and change.
Not sure if we have hope. But it looks like little has changed.
The House yesterday passed that $891 billion stimulus bill he’s been pushing. Obama wanted widespread, bi-partisan support. He didn’t get it.
Not one Republican crossed party lines to support the package.
In Pennsylvania, Democrats like Joe Sestak and Bob Brady lined up behind the president; Republicans like Jim Gerlach took up the opposition. Across the state, the breakdown was the same as it was nationally, although one Democrat, Rep. Paul Kanjorski, D-11, of Luzerne County, also opposed the plan. In total 11 Democrats in the House voted thumbs down.
Like just about everything else in Washington, this package was loaded with pork. I guess they just can’t help themselves. There’s a billion dollars thrown in there to help fund the next census. Not sure how that’s going to create jobs or provide much stimulus now.
Sestak, D-7, of Edgmont, indicated he voted for it because he feared we could lose another 2.7 million jobs in the next five months without it.
The measure now goes to the Senate.
Don’t expect much to change there either. This is strictly politics as usual.
Not sure if we have hope. But it looks like little has changed.
The House yesterday passed that $891 billion stimulus bill he’s been pushing. Obama wanted widespread, bi-partisan support. He didn’t get it.
Not one Republican crossed party lines to support the package.
In Pennsylvania, Democrats like Joe Sestak and Bob Brady lined up behind the president; Republicans like Jim Gerlach took up the opposition. Across the state, the breakdown was the same as it was nationally, although one Democrat, Rep. Paul Kanjorski, D-11, of Luzerne County, also opposed the plan. In total 11 Democrats in the House voted thumbs down.
Like just about everything else in Washington, this package was loaded with pork. I guess they just can’t help themselves. There’s a billion dollars thrown in there to help fund the next census. Not sure how that’s going to create jobs or provide much stimulus now.
Sestak, D-7, of Edgmont, indicated he voted for it because he feared we could lose another 2.7 million jobs in the next five months without it.
The measure now goes to the Senate.
Don’t expect much to change there either. This is strictly politics as usual.
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