What happend to the 48 hours they said we could have to look at the bill??!!!

[Hoopla Phil]

This really stinks. Why can't it wait till Monday? Or even call everybody in on Sunday to just have they vote. I wonder how much Rethug crap is hidden in the bill. This is WRONG!!!

[Coyote_Bandit]

1. They don't care what we think n/t

[eyesroll]

2. You can read it on Thomas.

http://thomas.loc.gov/home/approp/app09.html#h1

[Tangerine LaBamba]

3. As if

any normal citizen would be able to make heads or tails out of a marked-up bill.

Jeez, I had to take a whole course in Legislative Drafting in law school just to begin to grasp how the process works. It would be interesting to see what citizens unschooled in the art would make of a bill not yet finalized.

It's a lot like sausage-making, and, interestingly enough, the real substance of what goes into the final product is never easy to find.

[ret5hd]

5. Well you see, that's the beauty of having it posted for ALL to see...

I don't have to depend on my own meager and totally insufficient skills. The strength of the internet.

[Hoopla Phil]

7. Correct. And it takes a day or so for the information to be sifted out.

What are they hiding?!

[ret5hd]

9. Sadly, I'm afraid I would rather you didn't agree with me.

[Hoopla Phil]

14. Sadly, I care for you. Even if you do not. Why the slight?

[jmg257]

11. They aren't hiding anything. There is a trip overseas scheduled for members of congress.

[Hoopla Phil]

15. Oh well. Don't let their promise of 48 hours get in the way then.

And I bet that it will eventually come out that the Rethugs have something hidden in there. Just wait for it.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

12. I agree

It would be interesting. People would be flummoxed by what they saw, but I'd demand that a "Comments" section be mandatory.

Now, THAT would be worth reading.

[ThomWV]

4. Hail to the Chief. Obama wants to sign it before monday.

[eyesroll]

6. Also, wasn't the 48-hour posting limited to non-emergency legislation?

From the conference report:

"The conference agreement designates amounts in the Act as emergency r
requirements pursuant to section 204(a) of S. Co~s. 21 (11 Oth C~~_gres~.~~~.~£!!.2!!_~..Jt~
30I(b)(2) ofS. Con. Res. 70 (llOth Congress), the concurrent resolutions on the budget
for fiscal years 2008 and 2009. All applicable provisions in the Act are designated as an
emergency for purposes of pay-as-you-go principles."


(excuse the garbage characters--this seems to be an OCR-scanned document)

[Hoopla Phil]

8. I herd it reported that THIS bill had unanimous vote approval for 48 hours.

[Belial]

10. What do you care?? We were told by Shumer..

"The American People Don't Care About Pork Projects In Stimulus"

Sorry.. that was wrong.. but I laughed when I heard him say it.. I wanted to smack him in the head with a summer sausage.. :spank:

[eilen]

13. Well, I emailed Schumer

he is my elected representative. I told him I wanted the schools fixed and jobs created and was not concerned about tax cuts. Fix the economy!