{"id":1493,"date":"2009-02-13T14:39:20","date_gmt":"2009-02-13T19:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/?p=1493"},"modified":"2009-02-13T16:24:26","modified_gmt":"2009-02-13T21:24:26","slug":"breaking-house-democrats-pass-stimulus-package","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/13\/breaking-house-democrats-pass-stimulus-package\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking: House Democrats Pass Stimulus Package"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>House Democrats today voted to <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB123453885966183349.html\" target=\"_blank\">pass<\/a> the pork laden so called &#8220;Stimulus Plan&#8221; without a single Republican vote.<\/p>\n<p>The final tally was 246-183, with 7 Democrats joining all 176 house Republicans in voting no. 1 Democrat voted present.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update<\/strong>: Here&#8217;s a list of the Democrats who voted against the bill:<\/p>\n<p>Bobby Bright, Alabama<br \/>\nPeter DeFazio, Oregon<br \/>\nParker Griffith, Alabama<br \/>\nWalt Minnick, Idaho<br \/>\nCollin Peterson, Minnesota<br \/>\nHeath Shuler, North Carolina<br \/>\nGene Taylor, Mississippi<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Lipinski of Illinois was the Democrat who voted present.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate vote is expected at around 5:30pm Eastern.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Democrats today voted to pass the pork laden so called &#8220;Stimulus Plan&#8221; 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&#8217;s a list of the Democrats who voted against the bill: Bobby Bright, Alabama Peter DeFazio, [&hellip;]<\/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_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[26,7],"tags":[1378,454],"class_list":["post-1493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-economy","category-politics","tag-breaking-news","tag-stimulus-plan","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfpI7-o5","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1504,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/13\/breaking-senate-stimulus-plan-vote-underway\/","url_meta":{"origin":1493,"position":0},"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":1708,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/19\/congressman-mccotter-slams-stimulus-yes-voters-for-protecting-aig-executive-bonuses\/","url_meta":{"origin":1493,"position":1},"title":"Congressman McCotter Slams Stimulus &#8220;Yes&#8221; Voters for Protecting AIG Executive Bonuses","author":"Jeff","date":"March 19, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm about ready to make Rep. 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