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HR 1

Party Over Country, Economy, You

by: Dean Barker

Wed Jan 28, 2009 at 18:52:39 PM EST

Maybe now we can stop taking things out of bills they had no intention of voting for in the first place?

Not even in more moderate Republican New England could they get a single GOP vote for the stimulus.

Oh, wait. I forgot.  There are no New England House Republicans anymore. And with actions like this, is there any wonder, really?

At least we know now that it's the official Republican party position to do nothing in the face of the worst economy since the Great Depression.  That will make the voting easier in 2010 and 2012.

Update: Scratch that - House Republicans aren't completely a do-nothing outfit.  They did spend yesterday taking photos with the President while he wasted his valuable time trying to reason with them.

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