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We Have Ourselves a Deal

By Amy Sullivan | @sullivanamy | February 11, 2009 | +

So say the Democratic House and Senate negotiators working on the stimulus bill. It’s just in time for a conference meeting on the bill, scheduled start right about now. The final pricetag is said to be $50 billion less than the package the Senate approved yesterday. We’ll find out soon enough what got cut–and what, if anything, from the House version was restored.

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  • gysgt213

    AS-This current version of the bill as totally f**kup by our congress will require Obama to ask for more money.

  • g_crush

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    AS: We’ll find out soon enough what got cut–and what, if anything, from the House version was restored.
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    Pokey.

    The compromise scales back the tax credits for auto and home purchases and other tax cuts. It also restores some of the House education funding that the Obama administration has called “crucial.” restored.

  • shepherdwong

    This current version of the bill as totally f**kup by our congress will require Obama to ask for more money.
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    Correction: “…as totally effed-up by “conservatives” in Congress with the help of our dumbsh*t corporatist media…

  • FlownOver

    Looks like we’ll see restoration of some of the money to go to states and localities. Not a bad idea, given the alternative of layoffs and/or local tax increases.

  • kattest123

    Message to stim bill opponents only: if anyone wants to prevent the U.S. from being looted out of trillions of dollars, help me promote this plan by urging major bloggers to ask their readers to go ask politicians questions about what they’re doing on video.

  • Art Pepper

    Kattest, I’m not sure I want to know what politicians are doing on video. The Paris Hilton tapes were bad enough.

  • Friar Tuck

    Message to stim bill opponents only: WAKE THE F@CK UP AND STOP OPPOSING IT!!!

    Thank you.

  • Art Pepper

    Paul Otellini, CEO of Intel and notorious Marxist, said that more stimulus money needs to go into education, science, and green jobs.

  • newfloridian

    sumpthin is bettn’ nothn’ I guess?

  • cincinnatus est exterminata!

    Is Kattest asking us to ask bloggers to ask their readers to ask politicians about what they’re doing? I’m just asking. I’d like to take this opportunity to ask one of my fellow commenters to ask Karen Tumulty to ask Kattest why he still can’t think up one ‘tough question’ to ask. Then ask me how you can lose 10 pounds in 10 days!

  • Paul-no not that one

    ” I’d like to take this opportunity to ask one of my fellow commenters to ask Karen Tumulty to ask Kattest why he still can’t think up one ‘tough question’ to ask.”
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    What? The BHO fake birth certificate question doesn’t count?

  • Friar Tuck

    Dear old profanity! I’ve missed you so!

  • sacredh

    Friar Tuck: Just out of curiosity…did you attend a catholic school and how badly scarred are your knuckles?

  • mmchampion

    Does anyone have a link or a hint as to which website might have information regarding the distribution of the stimulus package?
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    I work at a government lab and we’ve been a wee bit interested to see if we’re going to have any funding this year.
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    We’re still operating under the Continuing Resolution which last year led to layoffs and furloughs.

  • 53_3

    I’ll take it!
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    Obama will gain political capital, and as he does so, his agenda will be harder than ever to oppose.
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    Now, if we could rally flog these guys, and a few more…
    http://money.cnn.com/2009/02/11/news/companies/congress_banks/index.htm?postversion=2009021110?cnn=yes

  • Cliff

    To be fair, kattest’s idea of asking confrontational questions of our elected leaders is a good idea, and it’s what our media should be doing.
    And especially for all these stimulus bills and TARP funds – even if they’re well intentioned, you know a trillion dollar bill is going to have the vultures circling.
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    But it would look better for kattest if he/she came up with some example questions.

  • bryanfromhouston

    Republicans are completely worried about a “permanent Democrat majority” as blown hard by their leader, Rush Limbaugh. But at the same time they say that this bill will destroy the country. Well, Republicans… you have to take your pick:
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    Either the bill will have a net positive affect on the economy, thus sealing Democratic dominance for the foreseeable future; or the bill will cause a major economic collapse, thus destroying the Democratic party and ushering in a new era of long-term Republican rule.
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    You get it? It’s either one or the other, not both.

  • stuartzechman

    …And it looks like lobbyist-lapdog Diane Feinstein is trying to get Net Neutrality-killer language into the bill at the last minute.

  • Friar Tuck

    @sacredh –
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    Thankfully, no – I came to the church later in life when rulers were out of favor. Seminary tuition had about the same effect in the end, though, worse luck. “We don’t take a vow of poverty because we’re already there.”

  • ivb3016

    Net Neutrality doesn’t create jobs for heaven’s sake!! Where is all the Repub outrage? Don’t count on Arlen this time – Comcast is his largest donor.

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  • mmchampion

    Please, pretty please?
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    Does anyone have a link or a hint as to which website might have information regarding the distribution of the stimulus package?

  • Matt

    There’s still time enough for House shenanigans or last-minure defections by the three GOP amigos propping up the entire stimulus. I’ll believe the deal when this package is passed and on the president’s desk.

    http://www.political-buzz.com/

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