Comments on: Finally, a show of cojones: Senate GOP forces delay on omni-pork bill

By: GOP Steps Up! « Shelby County Tea Party

GOP Steps Up! « Shelby County Tea Party — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 19:15:18 +0000

[...] Steps Up! http://michellemalkin.com/2009/03/05/finally-a-show-of-cojones-senate-gop-forces-delay-on-omni-pork-... Published [...]

By: yonjuro

yonjuro — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 19:26:05 +0000

The repubs aren’t really interested in stopping the spending program. They just need to look like they tried.

By: With Dow falling daily, will Geithner’s days be “numbered”; Obama’s Bear Market | New World News

Sat, 07 Mar 2009 08:19:44 +0000

[...] is moving through an Omnibus spending bill with 9,000 porky earmarks garnering disgust from the GOP (expected), but also [GASP!] the media? The Dow has plunged nearly 2,000 points since ‘The One’ [...]

By: HOW DEMOCRATS CREATED THE ECONOMIC CRISIS « FactReal

HOW DEMOCRATS CREATED THE ECONOMIC CRISIS « FactReal — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 06:45:13 +0000

[...] 9,000 Earmarks in Obama’s $410 billion Omnibus Spending Bill Vote updatel –$200,000 for Tattoo Removal Violence Prevention Outreach Program (pg. 283) –Maine [...]

By: With Dow falling daily, will Geithner’s days be “numbered”; Obama’s Bear Market « Just Americans Making Ethical Statements Weblog

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By: Unpartisan.com Political News and Blog Aggregator

Unpartisan.com Political News and Blog Aggregator — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 00:53:59 +0000

Congress OKs stopgap bill to keep government open

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With a $410 billion catchall spending bill stalled in the Senate and a midnight deadline looming, Co…

By: NJ-Aviator

NJ-Aviator — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 18:39:07 +0000

lgm said:

This is a pointless exercise in obstructionism (the point being to put Republicans in the newspaper at the expense of the people’s business). Here’s an analysis

Really LGM.. any analysis that cites RINO’s isn’t going to fly.

And this whole thing about giving up when faced with insurmountable odds…… is that some sort of liberal tactic? It sounds very French-like.

By: A GOP awakening? | skewred.com

A GOP awakening? | skewred.com — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 18:38:28 +0000

[...] the Republicans in the Senate managed to stop the $410 B spendubus bill from going through last night. They proposed a spending freeze this [...]

By: Rogue Cheddar

Rogue Cheddar — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 18:09:46 +0000

Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., canceled the vote, saying he was one vote short of the 60 needed to close debate and free the bill for President Barack Obama’s signature.

(Munching popcorn) Dobby the house elve must have his knickers in a wad over this one, eh?

By: YTZGal

YTZGal — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:23:02 +0000

Flyover#57-
Thanks for the chuckle.

By: DanVanSmak

DanVanSmak — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:13:44 +0000

There is a faint, but promising, scent of blood in the water.

True, but, unfortunately, there is a faint but scary scent of a turd in the punchbowl ERRRRR Al Franken looming on the horizon, too.

*out*

By: ChooseTheHero.com » Blog Archive » Omnibus Bill Pulled, One Vote Short Of Passing

Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:10:38 +0000

[...] Malkin puts it perfectly, the GOP is finally showing some cajones. [...]

By: lgm

lgm — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:01:10 +0000

This is a pointless exercise in obstructionism (the point being to put Republicans in the newspaper at the expense of the people’s business). Here’s an analysis

Breaking through some of the Beltway static, however, you can see that the bill’s passage next week is a fairly sure thing. The measure includes money to pay GOP congressional staffers’ salaries for this year, as well as home-state earmarks that help sweeten the pot for several GOP senators, including Richard Shelby (AL) — who ranks No. 2 among the bill’s earmark recipients — Susan Collins (ME) — who loves her lighthouse money — and Bob Bennett, who takes his Mormon cricket infestations very seriously.

By: Andy

Andy — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 16:58:20 +0000

On March 6th, 2009 at 9:52 am, Flyoverman said:

Yeah. Now the question is whether they’ll shave it down a mite or pork out so more. Either way, woe is us…

By: Savage24

Savage24 — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 16:36:24 +0000

I do not believe that the GOP senators unity is due to not having the opportunity to offer amendments.I believe that they didn’t get the opportunity to stuff it with more PORK.
Old Harry will offer a few some tidbits on that bill will sail through.