I hope every Republicans votes no on this stupid spending bill.
The Dims will have to answer to the for voters on this for the next twenty years, as inflation and interest rates go through the roof. BO will prove to be the worst President since Carter
> Just another line of pork that should have gone to appropriations, but
>> wound up in the wrong place.
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> They just posted the transcript.
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> Here's some of what McClasky said:
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> "Well, first of all, we were compromised--we did compromise in the > Senate."
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> Oooops!! Bit of a Freudian slip there, Senator?
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> "And we reached a compromise, which is what the American people want. You
> know, the building is on fire, and what we typically do in Washington is
> argue what color of fire truck do we send to the scene. They do not want
> us arguing about the color of the fire truck. They want something bold,
> they want something swift."
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> But we don't like the wool pulled over our eyes, either.
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> "Well, but what it does is it stimulates investment in certain sectors.
> For example, some of the money that's going to spend out in a little more
> time than the first two years is some of the investment in new jobs and
> green technology; you know, retrofitting all our buildings. But more
> importantly, finding a way to get out from underneath the thumb of foreign
> oil long term. That is an incredibly important investment for our > country."
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> It seems the phrase "long term" is missing here. So in one breath she says
> [they] want something swift, and in the next she's talking long term. >
> Long term isn't what we need right now. Swift is good. Stick with swift.
> Long term can be sent to Appropriations.
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