House vote on stimulus imminent, Update: All GOPers, seven Dems vote no
posted at 1:21 pm on February 13, 2009 by Allahpundit
They’re in the last throes of grandstanding on the House floor as I write this. ETA for the roll: 1:30 p.m. sharp, safely ahead of Madam Speaker’s departure time for that flight to Rome. Whew.
You can watch live at C-SPAN1. The Senate vote is tentatively scheduled for 5 p.m., but Roll Call says they may hold it open for hours afterwards in case they don’t hit the magic number of 60 on their first shot. Exit question: Does any House Republican dare vote for this crap sandwich? Phone numbers and e-mail addresses to come in an update, if so!
Update: Here’s a reassuring prognosis from Emanuel Cleaver, via Drudge: “Regardless of party, we all cast our votes with one hand and crossed our fingers with the other.”
Update: The line held. It passes 246-183, with all 176 Republicans (and seven Democrats) voting against. One Democrat voted “present.” A tribute to The One, perchance?
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Zero hour…
We have Zero hope…
We have Zero representation…
We have Zero outrage…
We have Zero honest MSM…
We have Zero that care…
Pass the damb thing already!
Mark Garnett on February 13, 2009 at 1:24 PM
I’d love to see Nancy in a pair of spiked heels and a Zorro mask…and nothing else!
crash72 on February 13, 2009 at 1:24 PM
Start thinking about secession.
They are criminals, intent on their self-preservation.
There is no common ground.
notagool on February 13, 2009 at 1:25 PM
TREASON!
48 hours my sizeable rear end!
smfoushee on February 13, 2009 at 1:25 PM
U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, a Missouri Democrat. “Regardless of party, we all cast our votes with one hand and crossed our fingers with the other.”
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They vote on an unread bill.
Topsecretk9 on February 13, 2009 at 1:25 PM
LOL…. Pelosi is talking about HOOVER!!!
Romeo13 on February 13, 2009 at 1:25 PM
Is there anyway we can prevent her from returning from Italy?
bopbottle on February 13, 2009 at 1:26 PM
FIGHT IT. VOTE NO.
Mr. Joe on February 13, 2009 at 1:26 PM
Resistance is futile.
ladyingray on February 13, 2009 at 1:26 PM
They should follow Gregg’s lead and vote against it. Alas, it’s asking too much of decojonified men and weak women. We are to blame for electing such sissies.
Entelechy on February 13, 2009 at 1:26 PM
The Revolution will be televised.
redrock on February 13, 2009 at 1:26 PM
Hey is that a cliff I see before me?
Kensington on February 13, 2009 at 1:27 PM
Being the pessimistic type, yeah, I think some GOPs just might. But, to be fair, I would guess more Democrats will cross over to No than GOPs vote Yea.
LastRick on February 13, 2009 at 1:27 PM
If this passes, Andrew, “war” won’t begin to describe the loyal opposition’s response.
Christien on February 13, 2009 at 1:27 PM
And please remember to at least thank the Democrats that don’t like crap in their sandwiches. There were what, 11 that voted against last time.
It may be a losing effort, but better to lose sticking to American principles than to win and forfeit what we believe.
Abby Adams on February 13, 2009 at 1:27 PM
Gregg didn’t say he was voting against it yet.
Allahpundit on February 13, 2009 at 1:27 PM
Term limits!
Kensington on February 13, 2009 at 1:27 PM
Oh please.
Allahpundit on February 13, 2009 at 1:27 PM
I can’t say the same thing. I hope you have a barf bag available.
bopbottle on February 13, 2009 at 1:28 PM
Yeah, right. Like they want her either.
LastRick on February 13, 2009 at 1:28 PM
I have a question for those that want to march on Washington, and I do too. What are the open carry laws in D.C.? I don’t mean handguns, but rifles and shotguns.
cjs1943 on February 13, 2009 at 1:28 PM
You never know. I’m sure the Republicans will…issue some strongly worded press releases.
Or something.
Slublog on February 13, 2009 at 1:28 PM
I’m thinking either that no House GOP’er votes for it, or perhaps some kind of deal was struck…and 20-30 vote for it. *shudder*
JetBoy on February 13, 2009 at 1:29 PM
Boehner’s going to look extra peevish at the press conference.
Allahpundit on February 13, 2009 at 1:29 PM
Agreed, WE are too blame. It is OUR faults that the RNC is gutless and spineless! WE are to blame! We elected these weak kneed wussies, coreless, anti-American, power hungry and pompus! Look in the mirror folks, it’s OUR FAULT!
Mark Garnett on February 13, 2009 at 1:30 PM
Unless a Senator stands up and demands a reading of the entire bill. That could take days.
Time to start snarlin’ at Arlen. A Specter is a ghost–he needs to prevent his country from becoming one.
Steve Z on February 13, 2009 at 1:30 PM
Has anyone found the part about the re-education camps, yet?
bloggless on February 13, 2009 at 1:31 PM
Make sure your scope is Zeroed in … Your going to need it
saiga on February 13, 2009 at 1:31 PM
How great would it be if:
1) It just misses in the Senate
2) The Pope spits on Pelosi during her Rome trip
Chuck Schick on February 13, 2009 at 1:31 PM
Too many people fail to appreciate how unique and special the United States of America is, and too many people take for granted that its endurance is assured.
If that were not so, they wouldn’t dare harm it like this.
Kensington on February 13, 2009 at 1:32 PM
Where’s your imagination?
jay12 on February 13, 2009 at 1:32 PM
Dissent is patriotic…
phreshone on February 13, 2009 at 1:33 PM
It’s not your fault. It’s that most Americans and even Republicans aren’t as far right as you guys, so this is who they elect. That was my point yesterday about conservative senators getting beat in one purple-state election after another.
Allahpundit on February 13, 2009 at 1:33 PM
Just so yall in Texas know, I got an e-mail from my rep. in Austin, who said that they will introduce a resolution this session that declares Texas sovereign under the 10th amendment. This resolution will be similar to the ones that are pending in many other state houses in the U.S. Obviously, it won’t be binding in any sort of legal way even if it were to pass. But at least it’s something. Here’s the Arizona version of a similar resolution.
Weight of Glory on February 13, 2009 at 1:34 PM
Wow, Allah and I totaly agree… The world IS ending…
Allah is correct, there will be angry speeches, RINO’s will whine and the RNC will make excuses…
The Republican party is a TOTAL FAIL!
Mark Garnett on February 13, 2009 at 1:34 PM
As Empress Pelosi seems to be in favor of the right to abortion it would be fun to see the Pope excommunicate her.
rbj on February 13, 2009 at 1:34 PM
Murtha and Spector get caught together in a homosectual act.
saiga on February 13, 2009 at 1:34 PM
Agreed. Make them read the thing on the Senate floor..every word.
aquaviva on February 13, 2009 at 1:34 PM
According to another thread, Coburn (R-OK) has said he wants time to read it. And perhaps there are others. I think they need unanimous consent to waive reading of the bill.
Wethal on February 13, 2009 at 1:35 PM
I sent a note to my congressman, senators, and president that this vote should be negative until the 48-hour promise is kept.
shirgall on February 13, 2009 at 1:35 PM
I’d love to see Nancy in a pair of spiked heels and a Zorro mask…and nothing else!
crash72 on February 13, 2009 at 1:24 PM
Ewwwwww. I’m a woman, and I have to go clorox my brain
anniekc on February 13, 2009 at 1:35 PM
Let’s calm down, please.
Allahpundit on February 13, 2009 at 1:36 PM
this election was rife with fraud. That’s what won the election. That and some sort of mind control pods.
bloggless on February 13, 2009 at 1:36 PM
Among other things, I am really concerned that Obama will use the stimulous spending to shore up his political support the way Roosevelt used the New Deal money to win four elections even though the New Deal failed to revive the ecomonomy…
If Obama is anything, he is a political genus who will maximize the political benefits of this crap sandwich regardless of whether it works…
Oh well…
RedSoxNation on February 13, 2009 at 1:36 PM
What good would reading it do? They know it’s a pork-fest and those who are voting for it were no doubt bought off to do so.
All it would do is make us more angry, but our reps obviously don’t give a flying F about that. So what’s the point.
World B. Free on February 13, 2009 at 1:37 PM
Who thought the excitement would come from the Senate? Isn’t that an oxymoron?
Cindy Munford on February 13, 2009 at 1:37 PM
I do hope that Pelosi is blocked from recieving the Holy Eucharist from the Pope. If she is not, there is something really wrong. I mean really, really, wrong!!!!
bloggless on February 13, 2009 at 1:37 PM
Let one house republican vote yes on this, and it’s over in the senate-Specter will have all the cover in the world to vote for it, as he can cite a “trend.”
If he votes for this, I wish nothing but evil upon his head.
I literally hate that man.
The Therapist on February 13, 2009 at 1:37 PM
I fail to understand your point, but selling America down the tubes in not a “moderate” thing to do, it’s not a “centerist” thing to do… IT’S TREASON! It’s not a Conservative thing to defend the Constitution so I fail to see your point. Are you saying that we Conservatives should expect weakness in defending America because we do not have a big-tent mentality? What is your point Allah?
Mark Garnett on February 13, 2009 at 1:38 PM
Great speech from Boehner. He paraphrases Obama, “This bill needs to be about jobs” but “it turned into a bill about spending, spending, spending.”
What’s it do for us? “Absolutely nothing.”
“We owe it to ourselves to get it right… I don’t think this is the way to do it.”
His only “slip” was “we’re not interested in growing the size of government”. Well, maybe now that you’re not in power . . .
LastRick on February 13, 2009 at 1:38 PM
It’s not your fault. It’s that most Americans and even Republicans aren’t as far right as you guys, so this is who they elect.
If being “far right” means reading a one trillion dollar spending bill before you agree to it, then I must be the fringiest member of the right wing fringe.
72 pages added just last night, how much stimuli can you add to 72 pages? You wouldn’t sign a new car contract without at least a cursory knowledge of its contents, yet spending one trillion without knowing where the money is going to go is sensible?
Bishop on February 13, 2009 at 1:39 PM
Sweeeeet. I’m in Texas. That would be interesting. Just for entertainment value.
XWing5 on February 13, 2009 at 1:39 PM
What if some bold Senator filibustered by reading the whole bill, line by line, word by word?
Weight of Glory on February 13, 2009 at 1:39 PM
She excommunicated herself a long time ago, but it would be just and appropriate to see the Pope acknowledge it.
If surprised she hasn’t spontaneously combusted.
Kensington on February 13, 2009 at 1:39 PM
Let it forever be known as the Democratic FRIDAY THE 13TH STIMULUS BILL
Wander on February 13, 2009 at 1:39 PM
Don’t you think that has something to do with the transformation of our population? The parts of the population that are exploding in numbers are mostly members of one victim class or another hell bent on recieving something for nothing.
saiga on February 13, 2009 at 1:40 PM
Our Congress will replace King Philip IV’s purge of the Templars as the basis for future generations to have superstitions about Friday the 13th.
genso on February 13, 2009 at 1:40 PM
This calls for…flaming skulls with bike helmets! ;p
Christien on February 13, 2009 at 1:40 PM
Coburn, DeMint and Sessions could do a tag-team joint reading.
Wethal on February 13, 2009 at 1:40 PM
Allah, if being right is wrong, I don’t wanna be right. Heh.
bloggless on February 13, 2009 at 1:40 PM
What’s so important about 60 votes for a House vote? Don’t you need 218 to win over there?
MarkTheGreat on February 13, 2009 at 1:40 PM
Yeah, time to buy that Mossberg. Too bad the HKMR762 isn’t coming until the end of the year. It’ll be banned before its released.
Iblis on February 13, 2009 at 1:41 PM
I meant the Senate vote.
Allahpundit on February 13, 2009 at 1:41 PM
This would be a good analogy….if they were spending their money on this. They’re not. They’re spending yours and mine.
World B. Free on February 13, 2009 at 1:41 PM
Maybe the Pope will make it up to Catholics (for his botched unexcommunication of holocaust denier) by excommunicating Nancy Peelousy.
eaglewingz08 on February 13, 2009 at 1:42 PM
Exactly. If the GOP wants to ever return to power, jettisoning RINOs doesn’t help; it just swaps an R for an R. You have to go after the more vulnerable from the Left. Sure, Specter’s a tool, but if you had more Rs in the Senate, it is less likely he could be tempted by Democratic pork.
LastRick on February 13, 2009 at 1:42 PM
Hey, I wouldn’t buy a can of beans without knowing what’s in it.
bloggless on February 13, 2009 at 1:42 PM
I think he’s talking about the later Senate vote, not the one right now. That would be the 60.
XWing5 on February 13, 2009 at 1:42 PM
bye bye 401k…at least for the next few years. But like some have said in here before, that it took a Carter to get a Reagan. So that is what i will look forward to.
MDWNJ on February 13, 2009 at 1:43 PM
Pelosi goes to Rome while America burns………
Rovin on February 13, 2009 at 1:43 PM
Given DC’s steller crime stats, I’m certain that you are permitted to pack as much heat whereever you care to /sarc
gatorboy on February 13, 2009 at 1:43 PM
Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.
— H.L. Mencken
Today is the day we get it good and hard. All you can do is hope that people learn from it. I suspect plenty of people will. There are a lot of people who don’t remember the 1970s. We’ll all get a refresher course soon enough.
Mr. D on February 13, 2009 at 1:43 PM
Mark Garnett on February 13, 2009 at 1:30 PM
I refuse to take blame for the few people available for the vote who then refuse to follow Repulican principles. I do what I can, but most people are starting to want socialism so they’re going to get it. Unfortunately I’m along for the ride.
theotherKate on February 13, 2009 at 1:44 PM
Who are all of these reputable economists in support of the stimulus? And who are these “critics” Obey keeps referring to? Very Obama-esque.
Vizzini on February 13, 2009 at 1:44 PM
No one really knows what they are voting on in this bill.
It keeps growing.
It’s has not been thoroughly been debated or reviewed.
Some lobbyist is going to get really rich from whatever crap is in this bill.
And what about the Census? Is the Hussein admin trying to rig redistricting?
Kini on February 13, 2009 at 1:44 PM
The Senate votes on this tonight?
Also, I heard Mark Levin mention on last night’s show to Ann Coulter that there might be 15 “repubics” who will vote for this! Hopefully not.
jencab on February 13, 2009 at 1:44 PM
Boehner just gave a great floor speech though it won’t change any minds.
Those of us in Texas: TexasSeceed.com
BrianA on February 13, 2009 at 1:44 PM
Not sure if this is the way you intended to say it, but the way you talk it sounds like secession. Just to clarify (since I am an AZ citizen and have been watching the one we’re working on) this bill is not to leave the Union, but rather to declare our state’s rights under the 10th Amendment and to strip many of the powers the federal government has decided to exercise in recent years. This won’t relieve us of federal income taxes, but things they are trying to assert such as gun control, gay rights, etc. will not pass in AZ.
Kelligan on February 13, 2009 at 1:45 PM
If you want to do something at the grass roots level, get organized, participate in a well publicized work stoppage for a few days, then file your IRS return on time and pay up later. Change your payroll deductions to withold the minimum. Put a cork in the money bottle and send a message. The effort needs to be publicized on well known, media savvy blogs. Anyone post at any of those?:)
a capella on February 13, 2009 at 1:46 PM
You and I agree on that whole heartidly. I got chastized for it too.
saiga on February 13, 2009 at 1:46 PM
One more Zero, Mark Garnett: Zero country. We now live in a global territory run by the ruling elite of the world.
Christine on February 13, 2009 at 1:46 PM
Fortunately, Carter didn’t have ACORN. Or a cult.
Unfortunately, Barack Obama has both.
Kensington on February 13, 2009 at 1:46 PM
So where are you in the spectrum? We already know you aren’t conservative Allah. But then again NY is where most radicals do live.
upinak on February 13, 2009 at 1:46 PM
Over / Under –
Number of GOP defectors in the House???
phreshone on February 13, 2009 at 1:47 PM
The title of the article and the text in the first paragraph say House.
MarkTheGreat on February 13, 2009 at 1:47 PM
I predict there will be a rash of orthopedic surgeries for the senior citizen crowd in the next few months. That should make a nice dent in medicare funds. All the BO Seniors will want to get it done before they are told to live with the pain because it is a part of aging and patriotic.
bloggless on February 13, 2009 at 1:47 PM
In the rushing, Democrats have now broken their promise to have the public see the $790 billion bill for 48 hours before any vote.
Kini on February 13, 2009 at 1:47 PM
I see what I missed now. Sorry.
MarkTheGreat on February 13, 2009 at 1:48 PM
No I’m not talking about secession. My understanding is the same as yours.
Weight of Glory on February 13, 2009 at 1:48 PM
Gaahhh!
My collie says:
CyberCipher on February 13, 2009 at 1:48 PM
Democrats are snobs and liars, yet people still vote for these fools.
jencab on February 13, 2009 at 1:49 PM
Show of hands for anyone who believed that promise.
genso on February 13, 2009 at 1:49 PM
Check out Obey’s speech right now. You thought Obama could give a hyperbolic “world-will-end speech”, he’s got competition.
LastRick on February 13, 2009 at 1:49 PM
Obey “We need to recognize that this is the largest change in domestic policy since the 1930′s”
exactly… that’s the problem with this “rush to judgement” bill
what a stupid partisan hack…
blame bush blame bush..
time to get a new playbook loser
gatorboy on February 13, 2009 at 1:50 PM
San Fran Nan…
You know how the saying goes…
When in Rome, fiddle and watch it burn…
phreshone on February 13, 2009 at 1:50 PM
Did you hear that Reid is going to do some kind of voting gymnastics to make sure that none of the three Republicans are the 60th vote?
Cindy Munford on February 13, 2009 at 1:50 PM
forget the public… the lawmakers won’t even see the bill before they vote to pass it
gatorboy on February 13, 2009 at 1:50 PM
AND… they are and have ignored 100 to 1 calls from Americans telling them to vote NO!
And your point>?
Mark Garnett on February 13, 2009 at 1:52 PM
I caught that too. I thought, YEAH! THAT’S THE PROBLEM! The largest bill in 75 years (maybe ever) and you guys think meeting some abitrary deadline is more important than getting it right!
LastRick on February 13, 2009 at 1:52 PM
Nothing Reid does anymore surprises me.
upinak on February 13, 2009 at 1:52 PM
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