Elana Schor reports the best hope for a filibuster-proof stimulus bill rests on about a $100 billion bipartisan cut to the bill. The cuts include "$24.8 billion in state stabilization money for education, which was intended to plug existing budget holes; $15 billion in state incentive grants for education; and $1.4 billion for the National Science Foundation..." This sounds really good to me. Is it possible that I agree with two GOP supported amendments in one day? It seems that way. Actually when I worked in the senate I agreed with a lot of Republican budget proposals. Not all but a lot.
I do see a state aid bill getting passed later on, however. Nearly every state in the Union is in financial trouble and I think Congress will return some of the money cut from this amendment in later bills. Actually I foresee a lot of smaller spending bills coming through the Congress this year.
*Update:
CNN is reporting the "best hope" for the stimulus bill as getting a line-by-line bipartisan review. Hey, I'm all for that. That's what Congress is for. Just because the Dems have the majority it doesn't mean they get anything they want passed. What's interesting is that not one single bill when the Republicans were in charge ever got a line-by-line bipartisan review. It was either 100% Republican or nothing at all. That's no way to run government. That's how we got into this mess. I'm glad to see things have definitely changed.
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