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Barack_America Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-04-09 11:36 AM
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6. CNN calls shitting on our nation's infrastructure "showing muscle".
Republicans show muscle in first Senate stimulus test

(CNN) -- The Senate's first attempt to make a change to the economic stimulus package failed Tuesday night, a sign that Republicans do have some power to change how the bill is structured.

The vote was on adding $24 billion in infrastructure spending on things like highways, mass transit and improvements to water and sewer systems. Had the amendment passed, the Senate's version of the economic stimulus package would have topped $900 billion.

The procedural vote that would have allowed the Senate to waive the budget rules and move forward on the amendment failed.

Democrats needed just two more votes to proceed on the amendment. The provision failed, with a vote of 58 in favor and 39 opposed. A three-fifths majority was required on the motion...

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/04/stimulus/


Another example of the MSM working for you.

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