red states rule
01-29-2009, 01:38 PM
Another example of the arrogance of liberals.
Shutting out Republicans from having any say in the House is now a good thing?
Pelosi dismisses need for bipartisanship
By Jared Allen
Posted: 01/29/09 12:35 PM [ET]
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said she didn’t come to Washington to be “bipartisan”, one day after shuttling through an $819 economic stimulus bill without a single Republican vote.
“I didn’t come here to be partisan, I didn’t come here to be bipartisan,” Pelosi told reporters at her weekly press conference. “I came here, as did my colleagues, to be nonpartisan, to work for the American people, to do what is in their interest.”
Pelosi expressed no regrets over passing the stimulus measure without any GOP support. Republicans followed their leaders in objecting to the bill on the grounds that it was put together without GOP input, and that it would not do enough to stimulate the economy.
Repeating the term “nonpartisan” on more than one occasion in describing the bill, the Speaker said her goal was to put President Obama’s vision on paper for the good of the country regardless of the type of support it garnered.
“The president’s agenda is reflected in this legislation,” the Speaker said. “People vote for what they believe in. Clearly, Republicans did not believe in [that] agenda … I think they probably voted their conscience.”
And she quickly defended her handling of the bill, which was criticized by Republicans and some Democrats as too one-sided.
“We reached out to Republicans every step of the way, and they know it,” Pelosi said. “They know it.”
“They were part of the original bill,” she added. “Some of the tax provisions were their suggestions. They had what they asked for in terms of committee markups. They had a rule on the floor that gave them plenty of opportunity to make changes. They just didn’t have the ideas that had the support of the majority.
http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/pelosi-very-happy-with-stimulus-vote-2009-01-29.html
Shutting out Republicans from having any say in the House is now a good thing?
Pelosi dismisses need for bipartisanship
By Jared Allen
Posted: 01/29/09 12:35 PM [ET]
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said she didn’t come to Washington to be “bipartisan”, one day after shuttling through an $819 economic stimulus bill without a single Republican vote.
“I didn’t come here to be partisan, I didn’t come here to be bipartisan,” Pelosi told reporters at her weekly press conference. “I came here, as did my colleagues, to be nonpartisan, to work for the American people, to do what is in their interest.”
Pelosi expressed no regrets over passing the stimulus measure without any GOP support. Republicans followed their leaders in objecting to the bill on the grounds that it was put together without GOP input, and that it would not do enough to stimulate the economy.
Repeating the term “nonpartisan” on more than one occasion in describing the bill, the Speaker said her goal was to put President Obama’s vision on paper for the good of the country regardless of the type of support it garnered.
“The president’s agenda is reflected in this legislation,” the Speaker said. “People vote for what they believe in. Clearly, Republicans did not believe in [that] agenda … I think they probably voted their conscience.”
And she quickly defended her handling of the bill, which was criticized by Republicans and some Democrats as too one-sided.
“We reached out to Republicans every step of the way, and they know it,” Pelosi said. “They know it.”
“They were part of the original bill,” she added. “Some of the tax provisions were their suggestions. They had what they asked for in terms of committee markups. They had a rule on the floor that gave them plenty of opportunity to make changes. They just didn’t have the ideas that had the support of the majority.
http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/pelosi-very-happy-with-stimulus-vote-2009-01-29.html