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To: Nicholas Thompson who wrote (156372)	3/6/2009 11:40:35 AM
From: Hope Praytochange	1 Recommendation Respond to of 173976

He will be under oath, finally: no check out news - democraps face saving compromise

To: Nicholas Thompson who wrote (156372)	3/6/2009 2:54:04 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

The delay of the bill was an embarrassment for Democraps and a striking, if temporary, victory for critics of so-called earmark spending initiatives, who had criticized the bill as bloated with wasteful expenditures. Among those critics were Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona, and two Democraps, Evan Bayh of Indiana and Russ Feingold of Wisconsin, who opposed the measure on Thursday night. On Friday, 224 House Democrats and 104 Republicans voted for the stopgap measure, while 48 Republicans and 2 Democrats, Bart Stupak of Michigan and Bill Pascrell Jr. of New Jersey, voted against it. Reasons quite apart from money explained why Democraps came up short of the 60 votes needed to advance the omnibus bill late Thursday. Two Hispanic senators — one Democrat, one Republican — opposed it over provisions that would have eased some travel and trade restrictions on Cuba. Although Republicans were glad to needle the Democrats by delaying the bill, they may have some reasons not to scuttle it. Doing so would result in a $8.4 million budget cut for Senate Republican committees, forcing staff layoffs. Also, Republicans, like Democrats, would lose home-state projects, or earmarks, totaling more than $7 billion in the bill. In all, the bill would provide about $19 billion more than if a stopgap measure were used through the end of the fiscal year. The Democratic leader, Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, said shortly after the Thursday night stall that Congress would approve a stopgap budget measure to keep the government running through Tuesday night in hopes of passing the omnibus bill by then. The mid-day Friday vote made good on his promise, after critics of high spending made their various points. The blocking of the omnibus bill also suggested a miscalculation on the part of Mr. Reid, who had tentatively scheduled a vote for 8:15 p.m. only to appear on the Senate floor at 8:40 to announce that the measure was stalled.