While President Barack “I Won” Obama may be post-partisan, Congress is certainly showing us what bipartisanship is all about:
Republicans have caught the Democrats in a midnight “stimulus” power play that seeks to cut Republican conferees out of the House-Senate negotiations to resolve a final version of the Obama “stimulus” package. Staff members from the offices of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) met last night to put together the “stimulus” conference report.
They intend to attempt to shove this $1.3 trillion spending bill through in the dead of the night without Republican input so floor action can take place in both chambers on Thursday.
I spoke with House Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence (R-Ind.) moments ago about this latest version of Democratic “bipartisanship.” Pence told me, “I think the American people deserve to know that legislation that would comprise an amount equal to the entire discretionary budget of the United States of America is being crafted without a single House Republican in the room.”
The lunatics are running the asylum, and President Obamessiah smiles and nods.
I wonder when the Fairness Doctrine will steamroll itself back into legislation?
Why is stimulus in scare quotes?
And nobody wants a Cleveland steamroll. Nobody.
Likely because the main thrust of this bill is pork, not stimulus.
In much the same way as “War on Terror” and similar terms were put in scare quotes for the past several years.