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To: combjelly who wrote (455865)	2/12/2009 11:21:56 AM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573901

We'ze got Burmese and Reticulated python too. A 6 ft green iguana walked across my street a few months back. Traveling up the creek system. These came up from Cuba...really cool. en.wikipedia.org These things are really messing with the ecology.. en.wikipedia.org

To: combjelly who wrote (455865)	2/12/2009 3:53:23 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1573901

Given all the griping, this final bill is probably pretty good. Dissension on the stimulus Posted by Foon Rhee, deputy national political editor February 12, 2009 03:13 PM While President Obama and the Senate are fine with the stimulus deal that appears headed for final votes in Congress on Friday and Obama's signature on Monday, the House is another matter. And it's not just Republicans, who unanimously opposed the bill the first time around and continue to rail against the deal struck by the House-Senate conference committee on Wednesday. Some House Democrats are upset with some of the changes made to preserve the support of three Republicans in the Senate, who wield virtual veto-power. And there are reports that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was ticked off that Harry Reid, the top Senate Democrat, announced the compromise Wednesday afternoon before her rank-and-file had signed off. UPDATE: Pelosi confirmed this afternoon that the House will vote on Friday and glossed over any dissension. She said that the House version makes up the vast majority of the compromise, that it is a "major accomplishment" for both Congress and Obama, and that Americans are "excited" about the bill. "This one is historic and transformational," she told reporters at a Capitol Hill news conference. Meanwhile, top House Republican John Boehner's office released a statement with the accusation: "Democrats pile up the pork, but leave scraps for small business." "While there are still plenty of unanswered questions as Congress prepares to vote on the Democrats’ trillion-dollar spending bill, here’s what we do know: the legislation is loaded up with plenty of unfocused and wasteful Washington spending – a price to be paid by small businesses, which apparently will see very little tax relief under the as-yet-unseen House-Senate “deal.” In fact, it appears the amount of direct small business tax relief in the legislation amounts to about one-third of one percent of the total bill, just $3 billion in tax relief out of a $789.5 billion bill. So, what’s getting funded at the expense of small business owners and workers across the country?" the statement continues. "Here are just a few examples: $2 billion for 'Neighborhood Stabilization,' money which will be available to the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), an organization accused of perpetrating voter registration fraud numerous times in the last several elections and reportedly under federal investigation; $1 billion for a new “Prevention and Wellness Fund,” which would be available for education programs on sexually-transmitted diseases; and millions for the federal government to buy plug-in cars. "President Obama set an important goal at the beginning of this process: a bipartisan bill that will create more jobs, more quickly. Which begs the question: How will any of this spending create new jobs? And, since small businesses are the engine of job creation in this country, why are these programs and projects being funded at the expense of those who own and are employed by small businesses?" boston.com