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[RealClearPolitics - Articles] Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell is absolutely right to warn against Obama's gigantic stimulus-spending package. McConnell says it "will be the largest spending bill in the history of our country at a time when our national debt is already the largest in history." As a result, he says the bill "will require tough scrutiny and oversight."

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[TOP 10 Blogs] The Crypt: McConnell renews pressure on Obama - Politico.com: Mitch McConnell is keeping pressure on Barack Obama to give Republicans adequate time to review the massive economic stimulus package that Democrats hope to pass by the time the president-elect is sworn into office on Jan. 20.

[Latest financial news - CNNMoney.com] Obama to meet with Pelosi, Reid on economic plan - Jan. 2, 2009: Obama, Pelosi and Reid are then hoping to meet with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Minority Leader John Boehner, the aide told CNN. The president-elect's staff contacted McConnell's office about meeting on Monday, .

[Politico.com: Congress] Reid, McConnell to preach unity Sunday - John Bresnahan - Politico.com: McConnell will look like the fool he is if he makes any attempt to block the enormous task that President Obama must handle as of 1/20/09 and the American people will see this on C-SPAN as well as the MSM networks. So Mitch old fart, go ahead and fight against the Stimulus package & the other programs that Obama & his team will present to help the American people who have been screwed by HIS party for 8 years, hopefully all of the Repubs will be put out to pasture.

[AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth] GOP Senate Leader Mitch McConnell obstructs Obama's stimulus package: McConnell -- the most powerful Republican in Washington, based on the filibuster-proof level of 41 GOP Senate seats -- called for many congressional hearings on the stimulus plan and some undetermined safeguards to assure the money is being spent wisely.The Senate Republicans have been the most destructive political force in the country. They're not changing the way they do business.

[TOP 10 Blogs] The Crypt: McConnell questions Obama stimulus plan - Politico.com: I guess that McConnell and Boehner and the GOP wnat to give us another Great Depression since they were so adept at causing one in 1929. Yes there should be discussion about where the money for the stimulus should be spent, but big Corporations don't need a tax cut and that wouldn't casue the kind of stimulus needed to jump start the economy, which it seems are the only kind of stimulus that the Republicans want to talk about.

[Vote By Issues!] Vote By Issues! » GOP Senate Leader Mitch McConnell obstructs ...: The economic disaster has already been forecast, the storm has begun, and McConnell, like his mentor George Bush, is out to lunch, acting like it’s just another day. We’re going to name this next Depression after the Republicans who dawdled while our economy fell off the cliff.

[CNBC Top News and Analysis] Obama Has No Timetable for Stimulus Package - Economy * US * News ...: "We need the right mix of tax relief and other measures to grow the economy," Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky said in a statement Monday.

[Anderson Cooper 360] Anderson Cooper 360: Blog Archive - Obama’s Economic Summit ...: President-elect Obama will meet with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid Monday to discuss his proposal for the new economic stimulus plan, which leaders are now referring to as an “economy recovery plan”, a Senate Democratic leadership aide said Friday. Obama, Pelosi and Reid are then hoping to meet with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Minority Leader John Boehner, the aide told CNN.

[The Hill's Blog Briefing Room] The Hill's Blog Briefing Room » McConnell to Dems: Don't Rush the ...: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) urged Democrats in a statement Friday not to rush a stimulus bill through Congress, warning that taxpayer money could be wasted if the bill didn't get a bipartisan review.

[PoliTrix] PoliTrix » Blog Archive » Obama: Country Needs Economic Stimulus Plan: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., are to receive details on Monday. Obama plans meetings next week with other congressional leaders _ including Republican members whose support he will need _ and made an effort not to blame his predecessor, the unpopular President George W.

[Erick's blog] Mitch McConnell puts brakes on stimulus package - Erick’s blog ...: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) Monday threw cold water on Democratic hopes of passing a massive economic stimulus package in time for President-elect Barack Obama’s Jan. 20 inauguration, exactly two weeks after the 111th Congress convenes for the new year.

[ObjectivismOnline.net Meta-Blog] Objectivism Online: A Marketplace for Ayn Rand's Objectivism: Indeed, Republican leader Mitch McConnell’s explanation of his party’s approach to a ‘stimulus plan’ would make Leon Trotsky proud: ‘We should have a simple test: Will the .

[PoliTrix] PoliTrix » Blog Archive » Obama To Meet With Congressional Leaders ...: President-elect Barack Obama plans to meet on Monday with Democratic and Republican congressional leaders to discuss their legislative agendas including how to jump-start the struggling U.S. economy, a congressional aide said on Thursday.

[BrianFaughnan's blog] Do Democrats Want to ”˜Own’ the Economy? - BrianFaughnan’s blog ...: Democratic leaders have already signaled that they’re likely to cut Republicans out of the crafting of the coming stimulus bill by skipping the standard committee process. Republicans therefore won’t get the chance to ask questions or offer amendments in committee, and instead will be asked to vote on a spending bill of unprecedented size just hours after seeing it for the first time.

[PoliTrix] PoliTrix » Blog Archive » William Bradley: Obama: Vacation’s End: This comes on top of Governor Blagojevich’s surprise appointment of former state Attorney General Roland Burris to take Obama’s vacated Senate seat. With Chicago Congressman Bobby Rush, the ex-Black Panther leader who easily defeated Obama in a 2000 Democratic primary, on hand to insist that Burris be seated to ensure that the Senate continues to have a black member.

[America, You Asked For It!] McConnell: Scrutiny required on ’stimulus’ « America, You Asked ...: Obama, Pelosi and Reid are then expected to meet with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and House Minority Leader John A. Boehner (R-Ohio), the source said.

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