The Democrats are forging ahead to have an immediate vote on the $780 Billion stimulus package. This will mean they will back out of a promise they made to give the American people and members of Congress 48 hours to review the package. According to Drudge Report, Rep. Culberson (D-TX) is claiming that the vote must be made today because Rep Pelosi has an 8 day trip to Europe planned.
The bill has swelled to 1071 pages. Representatives do not have the appropriate time needed to review the bill, which was first made available at 10:45PM Thursday. As seems to be the pattern in the new administration, urgent action is more important than thorough review. Personally, I’ve never liked any legislation to be rammed through quickly, regardless of who is pushing it. Though the economic situation is unpleasant, it can wait some time for a real review of this bill. This isn’t a situation, such as an attack on our country, that demands a purely reactionary response.
If you want to see the bill, it is available here. I have had no success downloading it due to the heavy traffic the site is experiencing. It seems that the “chattering class” is interested in this bill after all!
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Posted under Economy
Written by admin on February 13, 2009
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It downloaded just fine for me…all 13 MB of it.