Originally posted by: palehorse
Originally posted by: her209
Why don't the Republicans draft a version of the bill then?
They did. In fact, they worked all weekend to draft a version that does away with most of the pork, coming in at around $713 billion. Florida Senator Martinez took the lead on their version...
HERE.
Except when you look at it, they strip out $100 billion of spending in what they don't like, and throw in $100 billion of corporate tax cuts, which the CBO (among others) says don't really do much in terms of economic stimulus. That's MUCH better.