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Senate GOP says they were left out
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| Last Edited | kal Feb 08, 2009 07:23am |
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| News Date | Sunday, February 8, 2009 01:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Republicans took to the Senate floor Saturday to launch an attack on the deal struck late Friday, which is expected to pass an approximately $800 billion stimulus through the upper chamber.
Republicans complained that the deal — which Democratic leaders struck with three moderate GOP senators — left them out of the legislative process.
"This bill was put together, this compromise, and it resembles nothing I see as bipartisan," said Nebraska Sen. Mike Johanns.
"If you think about the dynamics of this, just less than four percent of the Congress participated in this on the Republican side," said Johanns.
"I think we've got some better ideas that could have been incorporated into this legislation if it had not been such a partisan exercise," added Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl in a floor speech.
But in his weekly radio address, President Barack Obama praised the deal – and said that Friday's job report showing steep January job losses was proof that Congress needed to move quickly to pass the legislation.
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