who wrote the stimulus bill referenced in the nypost cartoon of the chimp??

[goletian]

i have been searching all over and i cant find it. i have heard pelosi and that this was written before obama became president, but i just dont know. anyone have the answers? list of authors? thanks!

[FrenchieCat]

1. You mean the bill that the dead chimp shot dead by two policemen

held? The one that passed and was law by the time the chimp was shot?

[goletian]

2. i dunno, the nypost one that was in the news recently nt

[FrenchieCat]

3. Doesn't matter who wrote it, as it was law signed by President Obama

by the time the chimp was shot to death.

[Jennicut]

4. Rep. David Obey was one of the people who help draft the legislation.

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

5. If one author must be named, Obey

[goletian]

6. so, no one knows of a list of people who wrote it? nothing?

[PBS Poll-435]

7. This thread make baby Jesus cry:

"GOOGLE is your friend, goletian!"

Sponsors


House

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:HR00001:@@@P


Rep Obey, David R. (introduced 1/26/2009) (Initial Sponsor)
Rep Frank, Barney - 1/26/2009
Rep Gordon, Bart - 1/26/2009
Rep Miller, George - 1/26/2009
Rep Oberstar, James L. - 1/26/2009
Rep Rangel, Charles B. - 1/26/2009
Rep Spratt, John M., Jr. - 1/26/2009
Rep Towns, Edolphus - 1/26/2009
Rep Velazquez, Nydia M. - 1/26/2009
Rep Waxman, Henry A. - 1/26/2009


Senate

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SN00001:@@@P

Sen Reid, Harry - 1/6/2009
Sen Begich, Mark - 1/6/2009
Sen Bingaman, Jeff - 1/6/2009
Sen Boxer, Barbara - 1/6/2009
Sen Brown, Sherrod - 1/7/2009
Sen Casey, Robert P., Jr. - 1/6/2009
Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham - 1/6/2009
Sen Durbin, Richard - 1/6/2009
Sen Kennedy, Edward M. - 1/6/2009
Sen Kerry, John F. - 1/6/2009
Sen Klobuchar, Amy - 1/6/2009
Sen Lautenberg, Frank R. - 1/6/2009
Sen Levin, Carl - 1/6/2009
Sen Lieberman, Joseph I. - 1/6/2009
Sen McCaskill, Claire - 1/6/2009
Sen Menendez, Robert - 1/6/2009
Sen Schumer, Charles E. - 1/6/2009
Sen Stabenow, Debbie - 1/6/2009


Appropriations Committee Members - House

Democrats

David R. Obey, Wisconsin, Chair

John P. Murtha, Pennsylvania

Norman D. Dicks, Washington

Alan B. Mollohan, West Virginia

Marcy Kaptur, Ohio

Peter J. Visclosky, Indiana

Nita M. Lowey, New York

José E. Serrano, New York

Rosa L. DeLauro, Connecticut

James P. Moran, Virginia

John W. Olver, Massachusetts

Ed Pastor, Arizona

David E. Price, North Carolina

Chet Edwards, Texas

Robert E. "Bud" Cramer, Jr., Alabama

Patrick J. Kennedy, Rhode Island

Maurice D. Hinchey, New York

Lucille Roybal-Allard, California

Sam Farr, California

Jesse L. Jackson, Jr., Illinois

Carolyn C. Kilpatrick, Michigan

Allen Boyd, Florida

Chaka Fattah, Pennsylvania

Steven R. Rothman, New Jersey

Sanford Bishop, Georgia

Marion Berry, Arkansas

Barbara Lee, California

Tom Udall, New Mexico

Adam Schiff, California

Michael Honda, California

Betty McCollum, Minnesota

Steve Israel, New York

Tim Ryan, Ohio

C.A "Dutch" Ruppersberger, Maryland

Ben Chandler, Kentucky

Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Florida

Ciro Rodriguez, Texas


Republicans

Jerry Lewis, California, Ranking Member

C.W. Bill Young, Florida

Ralph Regula, Ohio

Harold Rogers, Kentucky

Frank R. Wolf, Virginia

James T. Walsh, New York

David L. Hobson, Ohio

Joe Knollenberg, Michigan

Jack Kingston, Georgia

Rodney P. Frelinghuysen, New Jersey

Todd Tiahrt, Kansas

Zach Wamp, Tennessee

Tom Latham, Iowa

Robert B.Aderholt, Alabama

Jo Ann Emerson, Missouri

Kay Granger, Texas

John E. Peterson, Pennsylvania

Virgil H. Goode, Jr., Virginia

Ray LaHood, Illinois

Dave Weldon, Florida

Michael K. Simpson, Idaho

John Abney Culberson, Texas

Mark Steven Kirk, Illinois

Ander Crenshaw, Florida

Dennis R. Rehberg, Montana

John Carter, Texas

Rodney Alexander, Louisiana

Ken Calvert, California

Jo Bonner, Alabama



Senate

Daniel Inouye, Chairman, Hawaii
Robert Byrd, West Virginia
Patrick Leahy, Vermont
Tom Harkin, Iowa
Barbara Mikulski, Maryland
Herb Kohl, Wisconsin
Patty Murray, Washington
Byron Dorgan, North Dakota
Dianne Feinstein, California
Richard Durbin, Illinois
Tim Johnson, South Dakota
Mary Landrieu, Louisiana
Jack Reed, Rhode Island
Frank Lautenberg, New Jersey
Ben Nelson, Nebraska
Mark Pryor, Arkansas
Jon Tester, Montana

Thad Cochran, Ranking Member, Mississippi
Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania
Kit Bond, Missouri
Mitch McConnell, Kentucky
Richard Shelby, Alabama
Judd Gregg, New Hampshire
Robert Bennett, Utah
Kay Bailey Hutchison, Texas
Sam Brownback, Kansas
Lamar Alexander, Tennessee
George Voinovich, Ohio
Susan Collins, Maine
Lisa Murkowski, Alaska