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Those cuts are among the major differences between the $819 billion House version of Obama's plan and a Senate bill costing $838 billion. Obama has warned of a deepening economic crisis if Congress fails to act. He wants a bill completed by the weekend.
UPDATE:
The House and Senate conferred (with a little help from the President's staff) and they reached an agreement. Though details are sketchy, I think you can safely assume that it's a 789 billion dollar pile of pooh!
The bill includes help for victims of the recession in the form of unemployment benefits, food stamps, health coverage and more, as well as billions for states that face the prospect of making deep cuts in their own programs.
It also preserves Obama's signature tax cut -- a break for millions of lower and middle income taxpayers, including those who don't earn enough to pay income taxes.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was conspicuously absent from the news conference in which members of the Senate announced the agreement, and it was not clear whether she stayed away out of unhappiness or a scheduling conflict.
Officials had said previously that one of the final issues to be settled was money for school modernization, a priority of Pelosi as well as Obama and one on which they differed with Republican Sen. Susan Collins, Maine, and other moderates whose votes will be essential for final Senate approval.
It was not immediately clear when final votes in the two houses would occur. A House vote was possible as early as Thursday, with the Senate to follow before lawmakers begin a scheduled weeklong vacation.
There was no immediate reaction from the White House, but the president's chief of staff and other aides were intimately involved in the negotiations that led to the agreement.
It's still important to keep pressure on Republicans to vote NO on this bill. Let the Democrats own this one. Republicans who vote in favor of this legislation should not go unpunished.
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2 comments ( 25 views ) | [ 0 trackbacks ]In layman's terms, why we need a stimulus. Smile!
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If you were wondering why Beyoncé and not Etta James was asked to serenade the president and first lady with "At Last" during their first dance at an inauguration ball on Jan. 20, you're not alone.
Etta, 71, whom Beyoncé went blonde to portray in last year's "Cadillac Records," is wondering the same thing, and she candidly expressed her displeasure during a concert stop in Seattle last week.
"You guys know your president, right?" she asked the crowd amid cheers (listen to it here. "You know the one with the big ears? Wait a minute, he ain't my president, he might be yours, he ain't my president. You know that woman he had singing for him, singing my song -- she's gonna get her a-- whipped. The great Beyoncé ... But I can't stand Beyoncé. She has no business up there, singing up there on a big ol' president day ... singing my song that I've been singing forever."
Listen for yourself.
Just when you though there was no one left for Barry O to alienate!! And for a special treat, why not give a listen to Etta James singing her song, At Last.
Beautifully done! Dare I say, a performance fit for a President!?
UPDATE: Ms. James says she was only kidding . . . except
James told the Daily News Thursday that she meant no harm when she poked fun at the president and ripped Beyonce for her performance of James' hit "At Last" during the inauguration.
"I didn't really mean anything," James said. "Even as a little child, I've always had that comedian kind of attitude. ...That's probably what went into it."
Still, James acknowledged being miffed that she wasn't invited to perform her signature song for Obama's first dance with his wife on inauguration night.
James was "feeling left out of something that was basically mine, that I had done every time you look around," she said.
And while she said she liked Beyonce's performance, when asked if she thought she could have done better, James answered, "I think so. That's a shame to say that."
. . . IMHO, the song belongs to Etta James. She should have been asked to sing it. It would have been the respectful and decent thing to do!
Gen. Mansour al-Turki of the Saudi Interior Ministry told The Associated Press on Wednesday that among the 85 people listed by the government, 11 had been released from the U.S. detention facility in Cuba and passed through government-sponsored rehabilitation programs.
A total of 117 Saudis have been freed from Guantanamo, al-Turki says, with the vast majority not getting into further trouble.
On Monday, the Saudis issued a wanted list of Saudis and two Yemenis living abroad and suspected of involvement with al-Qaida.
President Barack Obama on Jan. 21 ordered the closing of the Guantanamo Bay facility.
I imagine there might have been a couple of innocent people snatched off a battlefield here or there (just out looking at the wildflowers). Apparently the eleven graduates of Gitmo now wanted in Saudi Arabia don't fall into this category. And although 11 out of 117 may seem insignificant to some, it seems troubling to me. Where are the other 101 right now? Can anyone tell me?
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