Taken from Feb 13th:
Today is the last chance to stop this. The final version of the stimulus package just passed the House with the following vote:
Yea: 246 Democrats
Nay: 183 (176 Republicans and 7 Democrats)
One Democrat voted “Present” and one Democrat plus two Republicans did not vote.
Now you will recall on Tuesday that little exchange between Fox News’ Megyn Kelly and Sen. Specter (see my original email below) in which the honorable Senator from Pennsylvania admitted he had not read the details of the bill and that it would have been better if the Senate had more time to carefully review the bills provisions. Well, to help remedy that critcism, Speaker Pelosi stated that the House would have at least 48 hours to review the final package before voting (as if 48 hours is really enough time to adequately review a bill that is over 1,000 pages long.) She lied. The final version was made available at 11pm EST last night and the vote was scheduled for 1:30pm EST today. Why? Her official answer was that she had a plane to Europe to catch this afternoon and didn’t want to miss it. The real reason, however, is simply that she doesn’t want her fellow representatives (or you or me) to have enough time to identify the massive amounts of pork, provisions for nationalizing our free market system, and erosion to what few liberties we still have that are contained in this abomination. Here’s a clip of Rep. Tom Price (R-GA), chair of the Republican Study Committee underscoring what the concern is.
If you’d like to read the stimulus package yourself,
http://www.readthestimulus.org/
The only hope to prevent this steep slide into socialism is for the three Republican Senators who voted this week on the Senate version to vote NAY when the vote comes up for the final version (possibly today.) It is imperative that these individuals be “encouraged” to not break ranks like they did last time. And while you’re writing those letters and making those calls, why not give a pat on the back to House Minority Leader Boehner, the House Republicans, and ESPECIALLY those seven Blue Dogs for holding the line and making Pelosi completely own this piece of garbage.
Please do this – for the children.