LIVE THREAD: House meets at 1PM est time C-span 1 for emergency bill

[ken5050]

House meets at 1 PM est to take up the mergency bill

[Graymatter]

Pelosi at presser. Re failure of leadership, we can do better, we still have people on roofs...
The question put to her was, at what level of leadership was failure? She isn't pointing to fed or state govt. Yet.

[Graymatter]

Invited to bash Hastert, she declines. Says we are working together, D's and R's. (Hastert, the questioner says, is at a campaign event.)

[theophilusscribe]

They are political creatures who can only see things in political terms. They are worse than the thugs doing the looting in the middle of NO. They have the same violent, selfish nature, but they also have power—which makes them all the more dangerous.

[newzjunkey]

Yes, well, they have to make themselves feel good. They're sacrificing, don't you know? They gave up a couple days vacation. ;)

I'd probably suffocate and drown in the B.S. if I were elected to Congress. Ugh.

[AliVeritas]

Exactly.

Her middle name is correct btw.
Now is the time for you to tell the brothers to calm down, haven't heard that yet. Taxpayers?

[AliVeritas]

Retch.

[AliVeritas]

You have spoken truth.

This hag pissed me off earlier, sent her an email right away.

[AliVeritas]

How many are coming to Michigan?

[AliVeritas]

Nice to throw that in. Why aren't more of them there?

[Bahbah]

LOL. This is pretty funny. Detroit has homes for 500. Do you know why that is. Most everybody has left the city. There's plenty of empty housing stock. The quality may not be great and there may be no jobs, but hey.

[AliVeritas]

The shooting is a bit more... but hey, gotta fill those spots.

[steveegg]

It's official; the relief bill is on its way to the President. It was passed on a voice vote by the House at 1:49 pm Eastern, and there were no changes, so the Senate action last night to consider it passed holds.

[AliVeritas]

Zach is breaking the oil situation down. Excellent.

[OldFriend]

Any idea who cared enough to show up.

[AliVeritas]

Annan just said the UN couldn't give any money, they have urged countries to give. But they have disaster people they could send. He wasn't saying that during the tsunami right? Get the UN out. We need the money now.

[OldFriend]

Some loser on CNN was baiting Gen. Honore suggesting that there weren't enough National Guard because they're all in Iraq.

He told her that was farthese from the truth. It's only a small number of Guard abroad but the problem is that all the rest are scattered all across the country. They've come from every state to help.

Can't remember the numbers, sorry.

[Graymatter]

Of course, the last question she took, the hag attacked the President. Questioner quoted W saying he was satisfied with response, not satisfied with result. No context for exactly what response he was referring to. She immediately pounces on this, saying the response was definitely not satisfactory.

[OldFriend]

How dare the President be lollygagging on the Gulf Coast instead of waiting at his desk for this relief bill.

[steveegg]

Allow me to add the </sarcasm> tag.

[Fudd Fan]

She immediately pounces on this, saying the response was definitely not satisfactory.

Which is exactly what the President said. [rolling eyes]