As the House just passed the $819 billion stimulus bill to push the U.S. economy it seems that the bill is popular only in the democratic party. The Republicans did not favor the bill at all.
Not a single vote in favor of the economic recovery plan passed today by the House. Nobody expected overwhelming GOP support. But for every single Republican member to oppose a new economic recovery plan?
After the 2008 election, that's just stunning.
But perhaps it shouldn't be a surprise. It's the same thing that happened in 1993, when not a single Republican voted for Clinton's stimulus bill after the first George Bush's presidency.
Hopefully the economy rebounds just as strongly this time as it did back then.
(Side note about the screen capture: the final vote was actually 244-188. One Democratic switched from 'nay' to 'yea' at the last second.)
Update (3:27PM): This type of partisan obstruction by Republicans is just another example of why Americans overwhelmingly favor the Democratic Party on issues like the economy.
By Led L's diary of Daily Kos.
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