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To: richardb72

Muzzie loving Norquist can go F himself.


21 posted on 03/19/2012 12:23:58 AM PDT by metesky (Brethren, leave us go amongst them! - Rev. Capt. Samuel Johnston Clayton - Ward Bond, The Searchers)
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The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, abbreviated ARRA (Pub.L. 111-5) and commonly referred to as the Stimulus or The Recovery Act, is an economic stimulus package enacted by the 111th United States Congress in February 2009 and signed into law on February 17, 2009, by President Barack Obama.

House of Representatives
On January 28, 2009, the House passed the bill by a 244-188 vote. All but 11 Democrats voted for the bill, and 177 Republicans voted against it.
February 10, the Senate voted 61-37 (with one not voting)All the Democrats voted in favor, but only three Republicans voted in favor (Susan Collins, Olympia Snowe, and Arlen Specter), with Specter later switching to the Democratic party. At one point, the Senate bill stood at $838 billion. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Recovery_and_Reinvestment_Act_of_2009


22 posted on 03/19/2012 1:12:34 AM PDT by anglian
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