{"id":1466,"date":"2009-02-10T13:22:07","date_gmt":"2009-02-10T18:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/?p=1466"},"modified":"2009-02-12T15:35:19","modified_gmt":"2009-02-12T20:35:19","slug":"porkulus-passes-61-37","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/10\/porkulus-passes-61-37\/","title":{"rendered":"Porkulus Passes 61-37"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The senate voted <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB123428088162068663.html\" target=\"_blank\">61-37 in favor of the $838 billion pork stuffed stimulus package<\/a>. Erstwhile republicans Arlen Specter, Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins joined democrats in supporting the bill.<\/p>\n<p>Judd Gregg abstained.<\/p>\n<p>God Save us from bipartisanship!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. God Save us from bipartisanship!<\/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":[464,1363,465,185,454,466],"class_list":{"0":"post-1466","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-economy","7":"category-politics","8":"tag-arlen-specter","9":"tag-economy","10":"tag-olympia-snowe","11":"tag-senate","12":"tag-stimulus-plan","13":"tag-susan-collins","14":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfpI7-nE","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1513,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/13\/senate-passes-pork-laden-stimulus-bill\/","url_meta":{"origin":1466,"position":0},"title":"Senate Passes Pork Laden Stimulus Bill","author":"Jeff","date":"February 13, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"The final vote tally is in... The Senate approved the measure 60-38 with three erstwhile Republicans, Alren Specter, Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins providing\u00a0 the votes needed for passage. No surprise really we all knew Specter, Collins and Snowe would vote with the Democrats... While I'm not happy about it\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":1504,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/13\/breaking-senate-stimulus-plan-vote-underway\/","url_meta":{"origin":1466,"position":1},"title":"Breaking: Senate Stimulus Plan Vote Underway","author":"Jeff","date":"February 13, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"It'll be a while before we have the final tally as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid intends to hold the vote open so that Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) can return to Washington and vote later tonight. Right now it looks like the bill is going to pass there are 57\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Education&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Education","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/education\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2858,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/13\/senate-finance-committee-approves-health-care-reform-bill\/","url_meta":{"origin":1466,"position":2},"title":"Senate Finance Committee Approves Health Care Reform Bill","author":"Jeff","date":"October 13, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"The Senate Finance Committee voted largely along party lines to approve committee chairman Max Baucus's Health Care Reform Bill earlier today: A key U.S. Senate committee endorsed a sweeping healthcare overhaul on Tuesday, gaining the support of an influential Republican and delivering President Barack Obama a victory on his top\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Health Care&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Health Care","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/health-care\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2093,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/28\/arlen-specter-switching-parties-today\/","url_meta":{"origin":1466,"position":3},"title":"Arlen Specter Switching Parties Today","author":"Jeff","date":"April 28, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter is leaving the Republican Party today and I can't say I'm sad to see him go... 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