Posted by
OldRelayer on Thursday, February 05, 2009 5:27:57 PM
I am leaning just as a Marine if we don't keep a clear eye on what is going on it will all dissolve.
I had a busy day and couldn't watch the hearing today, but right now they are voting on an amendment to take out I think 60 items as earmarks from the bill, bill submitted by Fiengold D-WI and McCain R-AZ. I don't know how much money this represents, but I am betting it isn't enough, more when I know more. All it says it will eliminated 50 to 100 Billion from the package, that is a pretty big spread, I sure wish I had seen the debate on the amendment, it looks like it is going to fail, which is oh so bad. My Senators were split Collins voting Yes and Snowe voting no, opps I had that wrong the other way around Snowe voting yes and Collins no, which makes sense Collins just got another 6 years and Snow is facing and election. Which may make sense Collins was just reelected and Snowe has to earn her seat again. The amendment failed 65 - 32. So each of the additions to make the cost raise passed and one to take out some of the pork failed, I am not as enthusiastic as I was.
But two other things are on my mind. The Add for yes to this bill has been added to and now a somewhat elaborate production, showing a broken America and how a miracle performed by the anoyted has people with fresh factories and machines pushing sheets of metal products and burly men with hand held grinders throwing sparks. Apparently this is not the only place this is running. The add produced by Americans United for Change, interesting enough formed to block George Bush whenever possible. To view a copy of this add if you haven't seen it is
here it is if you choose to see it
I would like others to comment, I don't think I have ever seen adds for congressional bills before, can anyone comment on that.
I was wrong a couple of days ago or more accurately my newspaper was wrong, the pushing back of the Digital TV has passed both houses of Congress. That is good news for me at least. I had to agree with the Democrats on this one.