We are talking two Republicans — Collins and Specter who negotiated the bill. We had Republicans Senators led by Sen McCain stand on the floor of the Senate declaring this was not bi-partisan as two or possibly three did not make it bi-partisan and then talked about the 11 Dems who voted against it in the House.
We should be proud of our Senators who spoke tonight against this compromise bill they have not even seen and were not privvy to what went on in the meetings. They did a good job including Mel Martinez who talked about GOP ideas were not wanted in any negotiation.
Compromise bill is $828B which is more then the House version.
Since the Senate passed their own version the bill now has to go to reconciliation. That means a committee will have to decide what to scrap and what to keep from each version of the bills. Then the committee version has to go back for a vote in both houses. Let's see, if they pass it, what happens with the stock market, and what the administration puts forth on Monday as their newest economic plan.
A lot can happen in the several days it will take to get this thing finally on the President's desk.