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To: Land Shark who wrote (91015)3/23/2007 1:13:46 PM
From: longnshort  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 173976
 
It's loaded with pork, half of the money is going for pork



To: Land Shark who wrote (91015)3/23/2007 1:19:38 PM
From: longnshort  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 173976
 
Pelosi had to use pork to buy votes. What hyp[ocrites you libs are.

With Democrats holding 233 seats and Republicans with 201, Democrats were able to afford only 15 "no" votes. Accordingly, Pelosi, and her leadership team spent days trying to convince members that the bill was Congress' best chance of forcing Bush to change course—an argument that was aided when they added more than $20 billion in domestic spending in an effort to lure votes.