Senate Passes Omnibus Spending Bill

Just what we need. Another pork-laden spending bill. Get those teabags ready again.

There’s 6 Republican senators who should be voted out of office next election.

Hey Son of Rodin don’t forget that this whole thing happened under a democrat controlled Congress.

John W,
I’d like to see more than 6 Republicans get canned!
These are the people who voted against extended unemployment benefits in this time of crisis. It would serve them right to lose their job!

There’s 6 Republican senators who should be voted out of office next election.
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I heard it was eight, but either way the cracks are beginning to show it the GOP facade.

Poor Mitch McConnell, the ‘Senate Obstruction Leader’ couldn’t lead another filibuster like he’s been doing fdor the past 2 years, and thereby turning Congress into the “Do Nothing Congress”. Get over it Mitch, the country will finally get to move on!

Where was all this noise during the Bush Administration? No oversight, no repsonsiblity, no intelligence. Oh I get it, you can’t fight against dumb and dumber……… Bring someone with intelligence and suddendly there is fear that there intelligence will come to light.
Posted by: QuriousChocolate
The difference between this and the Bush budget . . . well let’s just say there are trillions of differences.

Why did the Senate pass this?? Oh well, Obama now you can Veto it! Or can’t you just split the bill in half yourself? One bill for all the pork (throw that back!). and the other bill has the good stuff. You can do that right? Cmon you’re the President. You have the magic pen. If I was President, I’d do it! I’d create a new rule to get that done! Hee hee! :)

The cracks are starting to show in the GOP dike. 3 at first and now 8. IF the GOP gets any smaller they will have to give up the P at the end of GOP and just be the GO party. As in Go away.
The GOP’s new motto, we are shrill, ineffective, and shrinking.

Spend! Spend! Spend! Spend us into oblivion! Try to fix what the Clinton Administration did! Someone like Mr. Hussein better tighten up the loose ends before we go betting some more that these businesses are going under and winner take all! Bush is a part of this fault too. Ashes to ashes we all fall down.

I said it last week , but it bears repeating . We have a term limit for the president . We need a term limit for Congress as well . No more than two terms in office and no pension . How many in Congress are double dipping or triple dipping in the payroll pot . We have local officials that are triple dipping from our state . If it is happening in local and state governments , you can bet your BP it is happening in Washington D C .Have you ever wondered why someone that is worth millions of dollars would want a job that pays $169,000 per year ? I’ll bet it’s not for an $80,000 a year pension .Why don’t we ask John McCain ? His wife is worth $30m and he used her corporate jet for his campaign . Isn’t there a limit on campaign contributions or did the taxpayers reimburse her for the jet ?

So, Obama campaigned against signing Bills that had Earmarks and here he is getting ready to break his promise. Get ready.. “Obama Lied, the promise of Change died!”

QuriousChocolate – Wrote “Bring someone with intelligence and suddenly there is fear that there intelligence will come to light.” What intelligence any idiot knows that you cannot spend what you don’t have and the current idiots in Congress and the White House don’t understand this simple principle that we all learned in grade school. These current idiots have spent more in two months then Bush did in two years, we cannot continue like this. This is from a prophetic 1944 speech by the late Norman Mattoon Thomas (1884 – 1968). Norman was a leading American socialist, pacifist, and six-time presidential candidate for the Socialist Party of America. Norman Thomas said this in a 1944 speech: “The American people will never knowingly adopt socialism. But, under the name of ‘liberalism,’ they will adopt every fragment of the socialist program until one day America will be a socialist nation, without knowing how it happened.” He went on to say, “I no longer need to run as a Presidential Candidate for the Socialist Party. The Democratic Party has adopted our platform.” He couldn’t have called it better because these idiots are doing exactly that, we will be living the socialist life in a year at this rate.

Sad day for America. Great day for the communists. Soon people will be talking “tax revolt”.

The GOP tried to kill the bill because of earmarks and 40% of the earmarks are Republican sponsered! In fact 6 of 10 of the largest earmarks in the bill are Republican earmarks! Talk about hypocrites.

, we will be living the socialist life in a year at this rate.
Posted by: sandcrab1612 | Mar 10, 2009 11:10:31 PM
……..Sounds great to me!

@rich, Actually, your statistics about “largest” earmarks are erroneous. When you do the math, you will find that the Democrats are taking the larger percentage of Taxpayer funds in earmark totals. Keep repeating it if you like, it won’t make you accurate. Barney Frank alone chalked up 22 million in just ONE congressional district, in ONE state.

There’s a storm brewing’. What happens when good, responsible people keep quiet? Washington has forgotten they work for us. We don’t work for them. Throwing good money after bad is NOT the answer. I am sick of the midnight, closed door sessions to come up with a plan. I am sick of Congress raking CEO’s over the coals while they, themselves, have defaulted on their taxes. I am sick of the bailed out companies having lavish vacations and retreats on my dollar. I am sick of being told it is MY responsibility to rescue people that, knowingly, bought more house than they could afford. I am sick of being made to feel it is my patriotic duty to pay MORE taxes. I, like all of you, am a responsible citizen. I pay my taxes. I live on a budget and I don’t ask someone else to carry the burden for poor decisions I may make. I have emailed my congressmen and senators asking them to NOT vote for the stimulus package as it was written without reading it first. No one listened. They voted for it, pork and all.
OK folks, here it is. You may think you are just one voice and what you think won’t make a difference. Well, yes it will and YES, WE CAN!! If you are disgusted and angry with the way Washington is handling our taxes. If you are fearful of the fallout from the reckless spending of BILLIONS to bailout and “stimulate” without accountability and responsibility then we need to become ONE, LOUD VOICE THAT CAN BE HEARD FROM EVERY CITY, TOWN, SUBURB AND HOME IN AMERICA. There is a growing protest to demand that Congress, the President and his cabinet LISTEN to us, the American Citizens. What is being done in Washington is NOT the way to handle the economic free fall.
So, here’s the plan. On April 1, 2009, all Americans are asked to send a TEABAG to Washington , D.C. You d o not have to enclose a note or any other information unless you so desire. Just a TEABAG. Many cities are organizing protests. If you simply search, “New American Tea Party”, several sites will come up. If you aren’t the ‘protester’ type, simply make your one voice heard with a TEABAG. Your one voice will become a roar when joined with millions of others that feel the same way. Yes, something needs to be done but the lack of confidence as shown by the steady decline in the stock market speaks volumes.
This was not my idea. I visited the sites of the ‘New American Tea Party’ and an online survey showed over 90% of thousands said they would send the tea bag on April 1. Why, April 1?? We want them to reach Washington by April 15. Will you do it? I will. Send it to; 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Washington , D.C. 20500 ..

Socialist State! Communist State! What else do you senseless Republican Obama haters have up your sleeves..You guys are pathetic and are still foaming at the mouth because your party lost the elections and lost big..get over it and support our government in these initial phase..if the stimulus plan does not work then criticize..most of you Republican critics do not give a solution or alternative to Obama’a plan but you just criticize..If you don’t have a better plan then shut up! You Bush supporting Morons! God bless our president and the United States of America! We will beat this thing and I am glad we have a man with some brain as our president..who loves his country and wants to make a difference. LEAVE THE MAN ALONE!

Only thing these idiots who think Obama and crew are doing so great don’t realize is what happens when the folks working now and paying taxes figure out that if they don’t work the Idiots in DC will give them what they desire? When there is no money coming in then there is nothing to go out, these folks have to take responsibility for their own life which means that if you can’t afford it don’t buy it, live within your means. Not everyone can have a house, big screen TV, etc. Live in what you can afford and buy only the necessities in life, if their is money left over than buy the extras. Keep up the Obama plan and it will be welcome to the United Socialist States of Amerika.

7 Broken Promises in Record Time
1. Make government open and transparent.
2. Make it “impossible” for Congressmen to slip in pork barrel projects.
3. Meetings where laws are written will be more open to the public. (Even Congressional Republicans shut out.)
4. No more secrecy.
5. Public will have 5 days to look at a bill.
6. You’ll know what’s in it.
7. We will put every pork barrel project online.

Francis, the last two lines of your last Blog aptly describes your last leader George W. not Obama..you are way off brother..still foaming at the mouth because of your lost of the elections? Wake up and smell the postum jack! You want Obama to erase in 50 days the crappy mess that your leader George W and his cronies took 8 years to build..have some common sense and use it. “YOU CANNOT ERASE IN 50 DAYS THE MESS THAT TOOK 8 YEARS TO ACCUMULATE”. YOU GUYS ARE LISTENING TOO MUCH TO RUSH THE COMEDIAN LIMBAUGH

Print more money. Print em like there is no tomorrow!

Pauline,
In all fairness to you, I will check it out but its almost laughable to think that the Republicans have an alternative when they had eight years and allowed (they are trying to find a way to put all the blame on the Dem congress and non on Bush..but its not working) this country to slide into this abyss..Pauline, I have one question for you! Can you tell me of a Republican Administration or president that left office with the country enjoying a surplus and a balanced budget? I can answer for you! NONE…but I can name three Democratic presidents who left us with a surplus and a balanced budget..Bill Clinton being one of them..what does that tell you..It tells me that the Republican economic policy of trickle down economics is a sham and does not work..only for the rich and very wealthy..if you neglect the middle class the economy will be affected..that is what is happening now…Even the father of the last president (George H Bush) called trickle down economics “VOODOO ECONOMICS”. The Republicans do not have a plan and are waiting on Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannitty to come up with one..the last I heard is that neither of them have a college degree..so I think you guys are looking in the wrong direction. God bless Barack Obama and the United States of America!

Can any Republican blogger out there tell me of one Republican administration or president that left office with our country enjoying a surplus and a balanced budget?

Obama said he would not sign no Bill with Earmarks 0 now he gonna sign this one. I agree wit you, “Obama Lied – The promise of Change Died”!

If when Obama got into office he sat on his gluteus maximus and did nothing..all you bloggers who are criticizing him for attempting to do something would criticize him for doing nothing..I am glad Obama has the temperament he has to ignore you fools in Republican paradise..and do what he thinks he must do..God bless Obama and God bless the United States of America!

Thank you, thank you, Arlen and Olympia
and Susan, etc. You were elected to
DO what the Obamabots told you to
do……and you responded so obediantly
as to crush those of us that remain
in opposition to the “coup”. There is
a name for you that has been coined
in conflicts past. Enjoy Pelosi’s
largesse, before the inevible axe
falls on your napes. You have destroyed
yourselves. Was several minutes of
adulation by the Dems and NYT worth
it? You clowns have given the last
laugh to the in-crowd. RIP.

Democratnightmare,
Can you tell me of one Republican administration/president that left office with the country enjoying a surplus and a balanced budget? I can tell you of three Democrat administration/president that did..Bill Clinton being one of them..now if you are a man you would answer that question but me thinks you would not because the answer is “NONE”. That tells you a lot about the Republican economic policy..there is other words for it “CRAP” “VOODOO ECONOMICS” etc..Conservatives don’t read they just talk out of their gluteus maximus..and should be ashamed to open their mouths after their party ruined this country’s economy…GO AWAY! just for a while..PLEASE!

My mother told my father, “When you spank him please do not hit him on the head because he will become a Republican” I now understand what mother meant back then. Thank you Dad for not hitting me in the head. God Bless president Obama and God bless America!

Stanley- better do your homework. The debt owed by the government when the slickster took office in 1993 was $4,411,488,883,139.38 and when he left office in 2000 was $5,674,178,209,886.86 which is an increase. No president other than Calvin Cooladge (a republican) who inhearted a debt of $22,349,707,365.36 when he took office in 1923 and left with a debt of $16,931,088,484.10 when he left office in 1929, a true reduction in debt owed by the government. The debt inhearted by Obama and company was roughly $10,699,805,000,000.00 as the closet data is from Dec 31 2008, we’ll see were it is when he leaves office but on his current path it is doing nothing but going up rapidly. The source for this data is http://www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/reports/pd/pd.htm

I seem to remember Obama getting elected on huge promises in the wake of a president w/ very bad ratings. Likewise, Democratic members in congress were elected in Red states because of they RAN AS fiscally conservative Dems. And what’s this now? The “stimulus” is only gonna create half as many jobs as they claimed(which was a joke to begin with) and now they wanna pass stimulus #2 to meet their loony tunes goal of 4 million handouts-coughs-I mean jobs. All this within the first 100 days. Who knows what else over 4 years and he wants to subsidize it all by talking wealth from the rich(educated) which no one in congress is in favor of doing a large part of Washington pays for campaigns from the wealthy. And people on here really think this isn’t the death of the Democratic party in 2012??? Seriously?

I am laughing at the Republican intellect…you guys are really pathetic!
“Oh”…it’s turning into a socialist country…. OMG were all going to die…the sky is falling the sky is falling!
You tried to pin the bad economy on this president and it didn’t work!
Then you try your fair and scare tactic of taxing the rich…. which everyone knows that the rich are the ones who put Obama in there!
Now you are calling it a socialist country…. totally pathetic!
Can’t you people think up anything that no one has heard before, I mean really, it’s getting OLD!
President Moron (Bush Jr.) didn’t exactly do any better and neither did the Republican Party in power for 16 yrs. How many bills did President Moron veto when he got into office, none…in fact he didn’t start vetoing until 2006!
This mess was started because of the Republicans in 1998, by deregulating the financial industry thinking they can police themselves…. what a bunch of naïve little twits!
Sure…LOL…we’ll just put the prisoners in charge of the prison!
The problem with Republicans is they haven’t got a leg to stand on, and the way things are going right now they won’t for a very very long time! There is no one in the party that is worth voting for…and everytime they get in a race Ronald Reagan seems to be running again…they are forever bringing him up.

republicans, how does it feel being
A) insignificant
B) inconsequential
C) stupid
?????
take your time ,think about it , then WHINE SOME FOR ME!!
loooove it,like music to my ears!!!

GWB is on the list of the worst presidents in history. Obama will join the list very soon. This Congress is under the control of the Democrats and will soon be recognized as the worst in history. Democrats control two of the three branches of the Federal Government and will eventually control the third. If you save the world you can claim all the credit. If you destroy the nation, you’ll try to deny all the blame. It won’t work.

The Repubs spent the country into a “tailspin”, and the American taxpayer don’t even know what they GOT for IT! And ran this country in the Ditch.

There’s 6 Republican senators who should be voted out of office next election.
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If this economy does not turn around, there will be 50+ Democratic Senators looking for their next paycheck when their turns come up.
Posted by: John W

I believe very much in our new president and his administration, he, they have more (huge)issues,problems, conditions etc. to manage than any other new Presidency/Administration has had to deal with in modern history. Not only is the scope larger than the perverbal 800 pound gorilla, independently any one of these “problems” could derail our country for years, accumulate a few together & we could be sitting in the middle of the Great Depression II.
Given that the shear size and nature of these problems tend to feed each other and are self effacing to the point that they evolve at an exponential speed, our new administration is up to managing these tasks, and the administration is correct in addressing multiple fronts concurrently, because of the aforementioned evolution and speed these issues are moving.
That said, I also believe that our new president is missing an opportunity with singing the operating budget just forwarded by Congress. There ARE earmarks within this budget that should be “returned to sender” postage due. Granted, one mans “pork” is another mans “stimulus” these “earmarks” by and large do not pass the smell test with respect to carrying any multiplier effect within the economy.
Also granted, most of this budget IS for true operational requirements that pay for the day to day operations of our government, even 8000 “earmarks” combined that will represent 2%-4% of the total spending is a large number.
And really more to the point, this is a great opportunity for Mr. Obama to walk the talk, support your campaign promise of reviewing this budget line by line, eliminate programs that do not function, reset spending to fully support those that do and eliminate the “earmarks” that do not pass the same level of scrutiny the “Stimulus Bill – Recovery Act” underwent.
We”eve got your back Mr. President, please take a little time with this budget, singe an emergency spending stop gap to keep the government functioning, return the budget to Congress with the directive to scrub it, reinstate the line item veto via Executive order and you will walk the talk with increasing your political capitol exponentially while doing what our country desperately needs.

So Obama will likely sign the current “pork-laden” bill. But with unabashed assurance, proclaims that the next bill will be carefully scrutinized and remove any ‘pork’. Didn’t we hear in the campaign something like “…..I will go through line by line…….”. Just another political promise that helped him get elected….. and now that he is in the position to go line-by-line – - it is more like lie-by-lie. He also says he ‘inherited’ the great deficit – - so he is going to eliminate it by half by the end of his term….. but in the meantime triple it. Does that make sense?? Put it into your personal household financial situation – - if you are $30K in debt – - buy, spend and charge up to $90K, then rationalize it by saying……. we’ll reduce that by half in 4 years. Hmmmm. Maybe that has been the mindset of many of the irresponsible folks that spent and lived beyond their means, now wanting a bailout..
Pretty soon, we will be so indebted to foreign countries…like China……. that they will become the tail wagging the dog.

Pelosi, Frank ,Rangel ,Waters , Shumer ,Dodd ,Reid ,Burris and Obama give me a break.Is this the best the Democratic party can do?
The next election should be their last.