Senate passes Small Business Bill - with 2 republican votes!

[old mark]

Link to NYT article:

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/09/16/business/AP-US-SmallBusinessLend.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss&src=ig


61 votes in favor-all but 2 republicans opose help to small business.

"Country First" - remember that?

mark

[bushisanidiot]

1. I guess that counts as "bipartisan", but the dems need to make sure voters

know that the republicons marched in lock step AGAINST this bill, save for the 2 who bucked their own party.

[old mark]

2. The republicans stalled and dragged this out since early summer, and are

probably angry that it passed now, so soon before the election.

Republicans are saying that the bill "could have been better", but that the Democrats were more interested in scoring political points than helping business owners.

I don't have the words to express how much I despise the current republicans in congress, and I only hope we will get together in November and really hurt them a lot at the polls.

mark

[arcane1]

4. It "could have been better" thus we'll vote "no"

True assholery if I've ever seen it.

[malaise]

3. Good news

Go Dems

[Ian David]

5. I thought "Country" was what John McCain called his wife.

Something like that, anyway.

[old mark]

7. ...almost a part of that word.....Ol' John is a real shit when you get to know him...nt

[theoldman]

6. What small businesses need the most is customers.

People can only be customers if they have a job. People would have a job if the stimulus package had been larger. Since that is out of the question, the small businesses are out of luck.

[old mark]

8. Kick.