House Dems to fight for their stimulus

[babylonsister]

House Dems to fight for their stimulus
By Jared Allen
Posted: 02/10/09 02:04 PM


House Democrats on Tuesday said they are prepared to negotiate past Presidents Day rather than cave to GOP Senate centrists on the details of the economic stimulus package.

Bucking warnings that the delicate Senate compromise passed Tuesday cannot be altered, leading House Democrats said it was not the House’s job to bend to the will of the Senate, where 60 votes are needed to pass difficult legislation.

And in a sign of how serious they are about fighting for their version of the stimulus bill, House Democrats said they are ready to stay through the recess instead of delivering the bill to President Obama by Presidents Day — blowing their self-imposed deadline set earlier this year.

“On Thursday and Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and maybe Wednesday and Thursday, and days following, we’re going to pass the recovery and reinvestment act,” House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) told reporters Tuesday morning, just as the Senate was completing work on its economic stimulus bill. “The timeframe that’s left is between now and when we pass this.”

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http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/house-dems-to-fight-for-their-stimulus-2009-02-10.html

[jkshaw]

1. Good for them.