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Friday, February 8, 2008
Stimulus package vote reveals few true fiscal conservatives
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
If you want to learn who the true economic conservatives in the Congress are, take a look at the final votes in the House and the Senate on the so-called economic stimulus package. Of 435 House Members, only 34 voted “No” to this income redistribution plan, including all seven Georgia House Republicans and six Democrats.
In the Senate, no Democrats could bring themselves to vote against the popular but economically flawed legislation; both of Georgia’s Republican Senators supported it. Obviously, President George W. Bush, who encouraged the Congress to send him the measure, does not fall into the category of a “fiscal conservative”; but that’s hardly news.
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