{"id":1412,"date":"2009-01-28T19:13:58","date_gmt":"2009-01-29T00:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/?p=1412"},"modified":"2009-01-28T19:13:58","modified_gmt":"2009-01-29T00:13:58","slug":"house-republicans-hold-the-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/28\/house-republicans-hold-the-line\/","title":{"rendered":"House Republicans Hold the Line"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Democrats pork laden &#8220;stimulus&#8221; bill <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB123315486943524321.html\" target=\"_blank\">passed the House 244-188<\/a>&#8230; Republicans held the line not one them voted for it.<\/p>\n<p>11 Democrats joined 177 Republicans in voting against it.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s about time Republicans showed a little testicular fortitude.<\/p>\n<p>Now it&#8217;s on to the Senate&#8230; What are the odds the Republicans there will hold the line?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Democrats pork laden &#8220;stimulus&#8221; bill passed the House 244-188&#8230; Republicans held the line not one them voted for it. 11 Democrats joined 177 Republicans in voting against it. It&#8217;s about time Republicans showed a little testicular fortitude. Now it&#8217;s on to the Senate&#8230; What are the odds the Republicans there will hold the line?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[26,7],"tags":[1363,181,168],"class_list":{"0":"post-1412","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-economy","7":"category-politics","8":"tag-economy","9":"tag-house-republicans","10":"tag-stimulus","11":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfpI7-mM","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1388,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/27\/house-republicans-ready-to-walk-away-from-stimulus-negotiations\/","url_meta":{"origin":1412,"position":0},"title":"House Republicans Ready to Walk Away From Stimulus Negotiations?","author":"Jeff","date":"January 27, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"The Politico is reporting that House Republicans Leader John Boehner and Whip Eric Cantor are urging caucus members to oppose the Democrats pork laden economic stimulus bill when it comes to the floor on Wednesday. President Barack Obama is coming to the Capitol this afternoon to curry favor with congressional\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Politics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Politics","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1493,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/13\/breaking-house-democrats-pass-stimulus-package\/","url_meta":{"origin":1412,"position":1},"title":"Breaking: House Democrats Pass Stimulus Package","author":"Jeff","date":"February 13, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"House Democrats today voted to pass the pork laden so called \"Stimulus Plan\" without a single Republican vote. The final tally was 246-183, with 7 Democrats joining all 176 house Republicans in voting no. 1 Democrat voted present. Update: Here's a list of the Democrats who voted against the bill:\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Economy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Economy","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/economy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1466,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/10\/porkulus-passes-61-37\/","url_meta":{"origin":1412,"position":2},"title":"Porkulus Passes 61-37","author":"Jeff","date":"February 10, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"The senate voted 61-37 in favor of the $838 billion pork stuffed stimulus package. Erstwhile republicans Arlen Specter, Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins joined democrats in supporting the bill. Judd Gregg abstained. 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