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Every Republican And 11 Democrats In The House Oppose The Reid-Pelosi Partisan Spending Bill
REID-PELOSI PARTISAN APPROACH TO SPENDING BILL:
SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI (D-CA): “Yes, we wrote the bill. Yes, we won the election.” (Rep. Pelosi, Press Conference, 1/22/09)
ROLL CALL: “Another Senate Democratic aide complained that Obama’s overtures have given Republicans ‘the sense that they’re more entitled than they should be’ to having their ideas incorporated into the bill.” (“Road Map: GOP Wants Obama To Give On Stimulus Bill,” Roll Call, 1/27/09)
PRESIDENT OBAMA’S BIPARTISAN APPROACH:
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: “We cannot -- there are going to be a whole host of good ideas out there, and we welcome all of them. And we're going to sift through all of them, and we are going to work in a collaborative fashion with Congress. … Well, as I said before, Democrats or Republicans, we welcome good ideas.” (Barack Obama, Press Conference, 1/9/09)
TIME: “To underline bipartisanship, the Obama Administration had hoped the stimulus plan would get 80 votes in the Senate, luring significant Republican backing rather than having to ram it through with a simple Democratic majority.” (“Economic Stimulus Plan Hits Bipartisan Obstacles,” Time, 1/22/09)
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