Senate Agreement on Huge Stimulus Cut! Only 780 Billion In Senate Bill!

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WASHINGTON (CNN) — Democratic and Republican Senate negotiators have reached a tentative agreement for a $780 billion stimulus package, according to two Democratic sources and a GOP negotiator.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has taken the list of cuts to the nearly $900 billion Senate bill to fellow Democrats, the sources said.

The Senate plans to reconvene at 6:30 p.m. ET.

http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/

[Deep13]

1. Harry is such a pussy.

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[w4rma]

12. I want to know when those two NOT moderate GOP Senators from Maine are up for reelection. Somebody

is going down in Maine.

[Muttocracy]

2. so is Collins the most powerful members of the Senate these days? nt

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5. Looks like Collins is the leader of the Senate if her bill passes!

[malletgirl02]

3. Reid makes Pelosi look good

Even Pelosi being who she is was able to get close to what Obama wanted in the House. Seriously WTF Reid?

[Better Believe It]

4. Senators Can Vote This Republican Written Stimulus Plan Down!

Many Republicans "out of principal" will vote against it and together with liberal Democrats this bill will not pass.

The original Democratic "partisan" bill will pass.

Only a filibuster can slow it down and not stop it.

[Better Believe It]

6. The Senators should tell Reid to stuff the bill where the sun don't shine.

Will they do the right thing?

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8. The Cuts Are So Deep It Appears That Republican Senator Voinovich Pulled Out Of Negotiations !

That may be the reason since he's a "liberal" Republican Senator from Ohio that needs a lot of economic help and stimulus money. I haven't read anything indicating he dropped out because he thinks too much money is in the stimulus bill.

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The news came after a key Republican senator dropped out of negotiations for the economic recovery bill Friday.

Ohio Republican Sen. George Voinovich concluded that his "philosophical" differences with the approach of Republican negotiators was too great, a Voinovich aide said. The senator said he could no longer support efforts at compromise or the final bill, the aide said.

Voinovich's departure left four Republican senators involved in the negotiations, and Democratic leaders will need at least two or three GOP votes to pass the bill.

Later, Voinovich issued a statement that said he was disappointed the negotiators had not been able to "construct a responsible bipartisan alternative to the Democratic stimulus plan."

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/06/stimulus/index.h...

[Occam Bandage]

9. The cuts are so deep, it's only five billion dollars bigger than Obama first proposed!

We highballed knowing they'd lowball.

[Doctor_J]

10. I hope Obama will ask Reid to not run for re-election,

and try to get a real Dem in that seat. Or maybe he can lobby the Senate Dems to send him to the back bench and replace him with Boxer.

[Thrill]

11. Lieberman and Nelson were the Democrats negotiators? No wonder they got screwed