Stimulus Debate Gets Heated As Boxer, Graham Spar On Senate Floor
"I find it rather amazing that the Senator is holding up a bill, holding up a bill - theatrical! Did you ever do that when George Bush was President and he sent down a bill twice as big as that?"
February 5, 2009 at 3:12 pm - CNN Dateline: Washington DC
GiveMeLibertyFebruary 5th, 2009 - 3:20 pm
Boxer seems outraged that Sen. Graham dare challenge her!! What is with these senators from California who think we must all bow to their agenda!! Gives me the creeps!
Senator Klit TorrisFebruary 5th, 2009 - 3:52 pm
Is there such a thing as an attractive liberal woman, or is it the epitome of an oxymoron? I think they compete with each other for skankiness. Graham told this shriveled, dried up, old hag what’s up. “If this is the change we can believe in, our best days are behind us.”
J Bill RianFebruary 5th, 2009 - 4:02 pm
What??? My S.C. Sen. McGrahmnasty is challenging a Democrat? Say it ain’t so Lindsey. His dismal bi-partisan friendships are finally bearing rotten fruit.
JamesbFebruary 5th, 2009 - 4:16 pm
Boxer is the dumbest Senator in D.C., hands down. People of CA., aren’t you embarrased yet? DEM MARCHING ORDER: “YES, WE CON!”
Not 4 ObamaFebruary 5th, 2009 - 4:24 pm
All I can say is Amen!, Brother Graham. You and your brothers and sisters in the GOP need to keep up the good fight.
Thank you.
Dave, TnFebruary 5th, 2009 - 4:35 pm
They better quit messing around. Obama wants to sign this on President’s Day. He’s managed to hit a bunch of places on the same dates as some of the greats. (funny none of them were old Clinton or Carter events)Please pass the bill in time so children can have their new “this day in Obama history” books.
Kenny CFebruary 5th, 2009 - 4:51 pm
Another one Bites the Dust and andthenothrrone…andthenothrrone…andthenothrrone.
..andthenothrrone…andthenothrrone. Yep…A Senate committee today abruptly canceled a session to consider President Obama’s nomination of Rep. Hilda Solis to be labor secretary in the wake of a report saying that her husband yesterday paid about $6,400 to settle tax liens against his business — including liens that had been outstanding for as long as 16 YEARS.
Now you know why the Dems don’t want a consumption tax……cause ..THEY DON’T PAY TAXES like us azz holes!…he.he.he
I guess he was too much of a gentleman to point out the actual ignorance of her statement. There has NEVER been a larger bill then this sent to them.
And why pass a stimulus bill, anyway? All THE ONE has to do is keep nominating dems, and he can erase the deficit with their unpaid taxes. Ron Paul should sponser a bill to audit all the senators and congresspersons…as a matter of fact, because they are paid with taxpayer funds, all of their records should be done by the same non-partisan CPA firm, and made public on the web. Let the citizens see how people with no money get rich working on Millionaires Row, I mean the Senate.
Eileen for Freedom/LibertyFebruary 5th, 2009 - 5:16 pm
THE REPUBLICANS FINALLY ACTING LIKE LEADERS!
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America – the Republicans are getting it. There are also alot of Democrats, Independents, Libertarians and other political parties that are getting it…we do not want any more monies going out.
We need to stand together and call/email your Senators and get them to know what ‘you’ want – do it now!
THEY ARE LISTENING…THE CALLS AND EMAILS ARE WORKING TO GET WASHINGTON TO LISTEN TO WHAT WE IN THE HEARTLAND WANT – NO MORE MONIES SPENT!
CALL/EMAIL YOUR SENATORS NOW…THE SOCIALIST DEMOCRATS ARE TRYING TO RAM THROUGH A VOTE TONIGHT 2/5…PLEASE STOP THIS MADNESS!
Eileen for Freedom/LibertyFebruary 5th, 2009 - 5:36 pm
FOOL ME ONCE…SHAME ON YOU
FOOL ME TWICE…SHAME ON ME!
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If you feel like I do and think this stimulus is just crazy and you, like me, have said so on these blogs, have you called/emailed your representatives yet to tell them?
If you are just complaining and putting no action behind your complaint, you are part of the problem.
America…we need each and every Republican, Democrat, Libertarian, Independent and any other party affiliation to STOP THIS MADNESS!
USA.Gov
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THE DEMOCRATS ARE TRYING TO RAM THROUGH A VOTE TODAY 2/5…YOU NEED TO CALL/EMAIL NOW…DO NOT WAIT…TOMMORROW MAY BE TOO LATE!
Ben DoverFebruary 5th, 2009 - 5:37 pm
Bend over so Mr. Obama can stimulate you with his package.
LKFebruary 5th, 2009 - 5:43 pm
Can anyone trust this woman? SHE CAN’T EVEN BALANCE HER OWN CHECKBOOK! If anyone remembers this is the woman who was found to have written 143 overdrafts at the House bank.
Obama and the Liberal Loons are using the stimulus for PAYOFF to unions, ACORN and non-taxpaying voters for VOTES CAST AND DELIVERED!
DON’T LET THEM GET AWAY WITH RUINING OUR COUNTRY! CALL AND VOICE YOUR OPPOSITION BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE!!!!!!
James KFebruary 5th, 2009 - 5:44 pm
Yeah Senator Graham!!! We want to see you like this whenever the democrats try to pass something so terrible for the country!!!
Eileen for Freedom/LibertyFebruary 5th, 2009 - 6:03 pm
America…I am trying to do my part…I have contacted each and every Senator about the stimulus package and said…
NO MORE BAILOUTS—NO MORE STIMULUS—TIGHTEN YOUR BELTS WASHINGTON AND PAY OFF OUR BILLS WITHOUT ANY MORE SPENDING!
Most Senators can be reached via their web form at:
1. USA.gov
2. At top click on “site indexâ€
3. On left click on “federal governmentâ€
4. In main section click on “legislative branchâ€
5. Listed are every Senator and right under their name it says “web formâ€
6. Click on their specific web form to do your message and then just keep arrowing back to get back to the Senatorial list to do the next one.
Listed below are those who have different options – you will need to contact them separately.
SENATORS “WITHOUT WEB FORMS†– you need to send separate emails
SENATORS “WITHOUT WEB FORMS & EMAIL†– need to call them
Burris 202/224-2854
Gillibrand 202/224-4451
Risch 202/224-2752
Shaheen 202/224-2841
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST – THIS SENATOR WAS THE “ONLY†ONE THAT WOULD NOT TAKE AN EMAIL FROM SOMEONE NOT “HIS†CONSTITUENT!
Lautenberg 202/224-3224
Eileenn for Freedom/LibertyFebruary 5th, 2009 - 6:08 pm
Harry Reid says (2/5 – 6:15 pm est) they are going to work through the night to get a bill to vote on….AMERICA….THIS PACKAGE SHOULD NOT BE PASSED IN ANY FORM!
IT IS GARBAGE…GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION…GARBAGE!
THE SOCIALIST DEMOCRATS ARE TRYING TO RAM THIS DOWN THE THROATS OF AMERICANS AND I FOR ONE AM NOT GOING TO STAND BY IDLY AND LET IT HAPPEN.
CALL/EMAIL YOUR SENATORS NOW…RIGHT NOW…AND LOAD UP THEIR OFFICES WITH “YOUR” VOTE…THEY ARE FEAR MONGERING AND THREATENING AMERICAN CITIZENS TO LIE DOWN AND LET THE FREEDOM OF YOUR VOICE DIE…DON’T LET IT HAPPEN…DO IT NOW!
THIS BILL MUST BE DEFEATED FOR THE GOOD OF OUR CHILDREN AND OUR GRANDCHILDREN!
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GiveMeLibertyFebruary 5th, 2009 - 6:52 pm
I emailed my thanks to Senator Graham for standing up to BHO and Boxer. More Republicans need to have the b@lls to stand up against this package. Eileen for F/L is right…we cannot let this pass. God forbid they vote on this on Presidents Day. If that happens BHO will TRULY believe his is the re-incarnation of Abraham Lincoln, and this I could not stomach!!!
Eileen for Freedom/LibertyFebruary 5th, 2009 - 7:12 pm
CSPAN-2 showing live the debate on the stimulus (7:18 pm est)
Watch it and get an idea of the “pork” in this package!
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DranoFebruary 5th, 2009 - 9:19 pm
It is surprising no one posted the extent of pork in this so called stimulus package so here it is -
Here are some of the items in the bill that we will have to pay for if it passes:
l) $4.1 billion to Acorn, the group that registered dead people during the election
2) $246 million for Hollywood!
3) $600 million for new cars for government workers
4) $200 million for plug-in car stations
5) $400 million for “global warming” research
6) $83 billion for earned income credit for those who don’t even pay income taxes
7) $335 million for STD education and prevention, and
8) $54 billion to federal programs that the Office of Government Accountability has already criticized as ineffective.
The list goes on and on, and the question is: What are we going to do about it?
N WaffFebruary 5th, 2009 - 9:40 pm
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= THE UNITED STATES IS FACING AN ECONOMIC
= COLLAPSE LIKE NEVER BEFORE IN HISTORY
= AND BOXER WANTS TO BELITTLE SERIOUS CONCERN
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and this time in US history is unlike any other, including the Bush administration.
Eileen for Freedom/LibertyFebruary 5th, 2009 - 10:08 pm
Apparently, Ole Harry Reid doesn’t know what it means to “burn the midnight oilâ€!
He misled us…said they’d work through the night…not!
He went home! Hope he reads his emails and gets the number of calls that came into his office today!
KEEP IT UP AMERICA…KEEP CALLING…KEEP EMAILING…IT ISN’T OVER YET! LET’S SHOW THEM WHOSE BOSS AND WHAT WE WANT…NO STIMULUS NOW OR IN THE FUTURE!
HI I AM BARBRA BOXER - I AM AS STUPID AS THEY DAY IS LONGFebruary 6th, 2009 - 1:05 am
duh!
Justin BaileyFebruary 6th, 2009 - 3:20 am
People, you are not allowed to criticize the glorious leader or his magic bill that will cure cancer and raise the dead after it fixes the economy in ten seconds!
fande3rlsFebruary 6th, 2009 - 6:30 am
Its about time that Graham Gets a pair ,
he has bent over to the dems way to many times for me . Boxer is just a typical liberal drone obeying her glorious leader.
Listen folks, I have been reading News from around the world for some time now, Let me tell you please, Bible Prophecy is being fulfilled right before our eyes, Jesus is coming,
America is going to take a hit from the outside, as well as from the inside,
I am not trying to be a wise Guy, But Obama, and the democrat party for the mose part, Not all but many, are going to bring this Nation down with their policies,
Pray and turn to God.
A Los AngeleanFebruary 6th, 2009 - 8:32 am
Boxer is a dysfunctional senator representing a dysfunctional state that is 6 week from bankruptcy and pushing 10% unemployment. Who gives a flying piece of excrement what she thinks.
will bFebruary 6th, 2009 - 8:48 am
It is about time Graham kicked a big liberal butt! I would love to see him do the same with Shumer, Reid, Feinstein, ….the whole Liberal crew. Where is Barney hiding these days…..under the steps of the House with his beau?
Eileen for Freedom/LibertyFebruary 6th, 2009 - 10:05 am
2/6/09…AMERICA…THE DEMOCRATS ARE STILL TRYING TO CRAM THIS DOWN OUR THROATS…WE HAVE YET ANOTHER DAY TO CALL/EMAIL AND TELL THEM NO>>>>NO>>>>TO THIS OVERNIGHT SPENDING APPROVAL OF OVER $900 BILLION (AS OF 10:00 AM EST) OF “OUR” TAXPAYER DOLLARS!
WE NEED YOU…IF YOU CALLED…EMAIL…IF YOU EMAILED…CALL…ONLY WE CAN DO THIS…THE DEMOCRATS IN WASHINGTON DON’T KNOW HOW AND HAVE PROVED ON THE LAST BAILOUT THAT THEY DON’T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING!
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AMERICA WE ARE THE NECK THAT TURNS THE HEAD…IT IS TIME WE TURNED THAT HEAD TOWARDS THE AMERICAN PEOPLE NOT THE GOVERNMENT!
rev rightFebruary 6th, 2009 - 10:11 am
Senator Klit Torris,Is there such a thing as an attractive liberal woman, I THINK they compete with each other for skankiness.
I THINK,WOW, I bet that makes your head hurt.
JANDJFebruary 6th, 2009 - 11:29 am
CANT CALIF SEE THAT THEY ARE BROKE NOT GONNA GET A TAX REFUND BECAUSE OF STUPID PEOPLE LIKE BOXER AND PELOSI WHY DO THEY WANN VOTE HER CRAZY ARSE
KEN TFebruary 6th, 2009 - 12:39 pm
GLAD SENATOR GRAHAM FINALLY WOKE UP AGAINST THESE CRAZY DEMS. Hopefully he won’t back down and disappoint everyone. if he stands the course will be proud again to call him my Senator form SC.. These Dems just don’t get it Spending will not cure the ills, the working people need tax cuts not tax refunds, when you don’t even pay taxes. Bring on the Fair Tax
Eileen for Freedom/LibertyFebruary 6th, 2009 - 12:52 pm
America…remember….if you are complaining about the stimulus package and have not yet voiced your opinion to your Senator (USA.gov), you are saying “yes” to the package to burden our children and grandchildren with debt for the rest of their lives.
Stop nitpicking and get on the phone…get on the net….Marie Antoinette Pelosi and her cronies are trying to FORCE A VOTE TODAY (2/6)!
NO>>>NO>>>NO to “any” “any” more monies going out…period!
We go bankrupt in debt by passing this bill
or
We go bankrupt without debt by saying no…
I vote to say NO!
P L E A S E…DO WHAT IS RIGHT AND DO IT NOW…TOMORROW MAY BE TOO LATE!
Senator Klit TorrisFebruary 6th, 2009 - 12:57 pm
rev wrong,
And your point is? Keep posting, and showing all here what a what an imbecile you are,turdbreath.
LENFebruary 6th, 2009 - 1:45 pm
Hurrah Sen Graham.. Time to Hit back with VIGOR..Lert the Dimic Rats get a taste of what they have done for 8 years and remind them that Freddie and Fannie were the reason for this Debacle and that THEY objected to Regulations over them sincr 2002….when Barney Fife and Maxine Water praised the then Leadership of F&F and refused to consider then SecTreas Snow’s warnings and GOP senators warniongs again in 2006-7 … They were in power then and Spent like Drunken Sailors..
By rushing Tarp they have led us into a lot of lost money.. now they want to rush again with a SICK Bill that STinks but are doucbled over grabbing their knees at the Directive of their Messiah and the hell with the Consequences… Only a demented FOOL would allow Pelosi to write such a monumantally important Bill …rsulting in a PIG Barrel full of typical Dimic RAT Crap.. Do it slow anf do it RIGHT.. the Sky has yet to fall after all…
Eileen for Freedom/LibertyFebruary 6th, 2009 - 3:15 pm
The debate on the stimulus goes on right now 2/6(3:10 pm est) on CSPAN 2 – it is very, very interesting…right now a dialogue between Dodd, Schumer and Graham about housing…please tune in and hear it for yourself!
Eileen for Freedom/LibertyFebruary 6th, 2009 - 8:10 pm
CSPAN-2 ON NOW (8:00 pm est 2/6) watch the politicians speak…on the stimulus…watch it and be informed!
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America they need 60 votes to pass this monster of a bill.
Two Republicans are voting with the Democrats. They are Arlen Spector of PA and Collins of ME…call…email them and tell them they must stand united with the rest of their party.
This bill must not pass…it will not help our economy…it will destroy it!
In addition, to calling/emailing Collins and Spector…and if you haven’t done so already…call/email your Senators to say “noâ€!
They will not vote tonight, but it may be Sunday. You still have the weekend to get your voices heard.
The bailout did not help like they said…and this one won’t either.
These politicians are crazy…there is no way…no way…they can police this kind of money.
They lost millions of our taxpayer dollars in the bailout…don’t even know where it went…and we are to trust them again?
Let them give us a “tax holiday†where we pay no taxes out of our salaries…let US decide where it goes…we can keep track of that amount in our own pay.
Call/email…America…we need everyone to do it…I heard that the phones in Washington were inundated with calls…if the lines are busy keep calling til you get through.
AMERICA WE ARE THE NECK THAT TURNS THE HEAD…IT IS TIME WE TURNED THE HEAD TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE NOT TOWARDS A GOVERNMENT HANDOUT!
President Obama’s economic recovery package will actually hurt the economy more in the long run than if he were to do nothing, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday.
CBO, the official scorekeepers for legislation, said the House and Senate bills will help in the short term but result in so much government debt that within a few years they would crowd out private investment, actually leading to a lower Gross Domestic Product over the next 10 years than if the government had done nothing.
CBO estimates that by 2019 the Senate legislation would reduce GDP by 0.1 percent to 0.3 percent on net. [The House bill] would have similar long-run effects, CBO said in a letter to Sen. Judd Gregg, New Hampshire Republican, who was tapped by Mr. Obama on Tuesday to be Commerce Secretary.
Eileen for Freedom/LibertyFebruary 7th, 2009 - 8:06 am
If you watched any of the Congressional discussions on CSPAN last night you heard the following:
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A GOOD AMENDMENT THAT DID “NOT†PASS…
Last night around midnight 2/6…an amendment was introduced that would have taken the “entire†stimulus package of over $800 billion and given it to American taxpayers who file taxes. It amounted to about $10,000 per couple and about $5,000 per individual .
Ten Thousand dollars could be used to buy a needed car, a down payment on a small house, pay off on a credit card… thereby getting directly into the system to stimulate our economy.
However, the amendment was defeated for good reason….because it was money that would have to be “borrowedâ€.
That wasn’t why it was defeated…it was really defeated because the Democrats would rather use the money for golf courses and water parks, etc.
ANOTHER AMENDMENT THAT DID PASS…
Another Amendment that was introduced was to “NOT†pay any monies (that amounts to millions of dollars) whatsoever to ACORN.
ACORN you remember was being investigated for illegal voting procedures that eventually put the new President over the top in the election.
The Democratic members resoundingly defeated that proposal.
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America…you need to watch this debates to know exactly what this bill is all about and how it will impact you.
Today, Saturday 2/7, they will begin on CSPAN 2 again at 11:00 a.m. est.
They will debate until about 3:00 pm est.
They don’t know whether or not they will meet again on Sunday, but on Monday they will begin again around 11:00 am est. to debate and then, perhaps, do the “VOTE†on Monday night.
Once they have a vote on a bill….they will conference with the House to debate.
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AMERICA……YOU MUST GET INVOLVED….THIS IS YOUR MONEY….THIS WILL BE YOUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN’S DEBT.
THE PHONES AND EMAILS ARE GOING OFF THE HOOK IN WASHINGTON BECAUSE “YOU†ARE CALLING/EMAILING…BUT WE NEED THE REST OF YOU TO DO YOUR PART FOR YOUR FAMILY…CONTINUE TO CALL AND EMAIL AND TELL THEM NO>>>NO>>>NO STIMULUS PACKAGE WHATSOEVER.
IF THE SKY IS FALLING EITHER WAY, WHAT DOES IT MATTER?
WE BORROW TRILLIONS AND PUT OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN IN DEBT AND TAKE A SHOT THAT IT WILL WORK – EVEN THOUGH THE BAILOUT DIDN’T
OR
WE CAN HANG TIGHT, TIGHTEN OUR BELTS AND WORK JUST ON HELPING THE HOUSING CRISIS THAT GOT US INTO THIS MESS IN THE FIRST PLACE AND TRUST THAT OUR SYSTEM WILL WEATHER THE STORM BUT WITHOUT ANY FURTHER DEBT!
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AMERICA…WE ARE THE NECK THAT TURNS THE HEAD…IT IS HIGH TIME WE TURNED IT TOWARD THE AMERICAN TAXPAYER AND NOT A GOVERNMENT HANDOUT!
Kenny CFebruary 7th, 2009 - 9:01 am
Hey Boxer and Polousy……you better get some more Mexicans in your state pronto……those idiot voters in callyfornya surely can’t put up with you two now…..gulp!….or can they…..Lord have mercy…..golden state is now turning to rust…shame shame shame….my sister lives out there….hey Nanny …get to he ll out of there….let the damn thing go back in the Pacific were it belongs.
Eileen for Freedom/LibertyFebruary 7th, 2009 - 9:29 am
1. If you are a Republican
2. If you agree that this stimulus package, is garbage and needs to go the way of the dinosaur
3. If you think the Congress should concentrate on a stimulus bill that concentrates solely on the “housing†crisis that got us into this mess
4. If you are disgusted that (3) Republican Senators are voting with the Democrats to get this bill passed
Then call/email:
Collins of Maine
Snowe of Maine
Spector of Pennsylvania
And tell them to stop playing politics with our children and grandchildren’s future.
Tell them how you feel about possibly being the (3) votes that may give the Democrats the 60 votes they need to pass this garbage!
America…I for one…have had enough. I agree with bi-partisanshhip, but not in this case.
This bill is too big and too burdensome for the American taxpayer to take on.
I have already emailed them, and I also emailed the leader of the Republican National Committee (RNC.com) to express my displeasure…please do the same.
The Republicans have continually expressed in these debates that they feel the only stimulus we should have is for the “housing†industry…I agree.
The “housing†industry started this mess and that is what needs to be fixed….not water parks, ACORN and golf courses.
America…we need to get real in Washington…there is no change…there is only status quo.
THE PHONES AND EMAILS ARE GOING OFF THE HOOK IN WASHINGTON BECAUSE ‘YOU’ ARE CALLING/EMAILIN
BUT WE NEED THE REST OF YOU TO DO YOUR PART FOR YOUR FAMILY…CONTINUE TO CALL AND EMAIL AND TELL THEM NO>>>NO>>>NO STIMULUS PACKAGE WHATSOEVER.
IF THE SKY IS FALLING EITHER WAY, WHAT DOES IT MATTER?
WE BORROW TRILLIONS AND PUT OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN IN DEBT AND TAKE A SHOT THAT IT WILL WORK – EVEN THOUGH THE BAILOUT DIDN’T
OR
WE CAN HANG TIGHT, TIGHTEN OUR BELTS AND WORK JUST ON HELPING THE HOUSING CRISIS THAT GOT US INTO THIS MESS IN THE FIRST PLACE AND TRUST THAT OUR SYSTEM WILL WEATHER THE STORM BUT WITHOUT ANY FURTHER DEBT!
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AMERICA…WE ARE THE NECK THAT TURNS THE HEAD…IT IS HIGH TIME WE TURNED IT TOWARD THE AMERICAN TAXPAYER AND NOT A GOVERNMENT HANDOUT!
Eileen for Freedom/LibertyFebruary 7th, 2009 - 11:25 am
Boxer seems outraged that Sen. Graham dare challenge her!! What is with these senators from California who think we must all bow to their agenda!! Gives me the creeps!