Classact
03-22-2009, 07:01 PM
Did President Obama follow the progress of the Stimulus Bill? My guess is he had hourly briefings and notifications of all changes. That makes President Obama a liar or poorly served by his staff!
Senator Dodd added an amendment to the unrelated stimulus bill limiting bonuses to bailed out corporations. Why? I think it was due to public outrage from other corporations that had taken bonuses wasn't it? Think carefully and consider what level of authority would it take to change the Dodd amendment? Would a Treasury lower level lawyer have authority? Would the Treasury Secretary have the authority? I conclude the only person having the authority to change this amendment is the President of the US after being convinced by the Treasury Secretary of the need.
The stimulus bill had almost zero Republican support with only three Republicans voting in favor.
The Stimulus Bill went to a conference committee that was attended by the leader of the Senate and the House... what is a conference committee... it is a group of leaders from the House and Senate that discuss changes between the views of each house. Now, ask yourself these questions and be honest:
Do you think President Obama had a representative at the committee?
Do you think it is the responsibility of the leader of each party to breif the members of their respective parties of the changes the conference committee made during the conference? The bill was thousands of pages long and was placed for a vote in less than 24 hours... don't you think there was a "cheat sheet" of changes made to the legislation given to all members prior to the vote?
Do you belive Senator Dodd changed "his amendment" that enjoyed significant support by the Senate members based on the word of a lower level Treasury Dept. lawyer? Do you think Nancy Pelosi, Harry Ried, President Obama and every Democratic member and the three Republican members that voted yes were breifed on the changes?
Now they all blame a lower level lawyer in the Treasury Department... How can a lower level person have such power, why would no member check to see if he was in some way being rewarded for the change? Things that make you say hum!
Senator Dodd added an amendment to the unrelated stimulus bill limiting bonuses to bailed out corporations. Why? I think it was due to public outrage from other corporations that had taken bonuses wasn't it? Think carefully and consider what level of authority would it take to change the Dodd amendment? Would a Treasury lower level lawyer have authority? Would the Treasury Secretary have the authority? I conclude the only person having the authority to change this amendment is the President of the US after being convinced by the Treasury Secretary of the need.
The stimulus bill had almost zero Republican support with only three Republicans voting in favor.
The Stimulus Bill went to a conference committee that was attended by the leader of the Senate and the House... what is a conference committee... it is a group of leaders from the House and Senate that discuss changes between the views of each house. Now, ask yourself these questions and be honest:
Do you think President Obama had a representative at the committee?
Do you think it is the responsibility of the leader of each party to breif the members of their respective parties of the changes the conference committee made during the conference? The bill was thousands of pages long and was placed for a vote in less than 24 hours... don't you think there was a "cheat sheet" of changes made to the legislation given to all members prior to the vote?
Do you belive Senator Dodd changed "his amendment" that enjoyed significant support by the Senate members based on the word of a lower level Treasury Dept. lawyer? Do you think Nancy Pelosi, Harry Ried, President Obama and every Democratic member and the three Republican members that voted yes were breifed on the changes?
Now they all blame a lower level lawyer in the Treasury Department... How can a lower level person have such power, why would no member check to see if he was in some way being rewarded for the change? Things that make you say hum!