Senator Richard J. Durbin of Illinois, right, pulled out a page from the proposed stimulus package to illustrate issues in the bill that Republicans find objectionable, during a press briefing on Thursday with the majority leader, Senator Harry Reid of Nevada.
Apparently his hand is being forced on making cuts to the stimulus package and he isn't happy about it.
The majority leader, Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, said he believed that Democrats could muscle the stimulus bill through with at least two Republican votes. But late Thursday he said he would give the bipartisan group until Friday to reach a deal. If no deal is reached, he said he would call for procedural vote on Sunday aimed at moving to final vote.
The efforts of the bipartisan group, which at one point numbered about 20 senators, essentially tied Mr. Reid’s hands, giving him little choice but to allow time for a compromise measure to emerge. The behind-the-scenes brokering distracted from the Senate floor where formal debate continued and senators at times traded angry barbs.
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It is good to see that Barbara Boxer (D-CA) is focused on the important issues in the debate however:
Moments later, Senator Barbara Boxer, Democrat of California, interrupted Mr. Graham saying she wanted to ask a question, but in fact she wanted to chastise him for waving around a copy of the bill. “Theatrical,” she exclaimed. “Did you do that when George Bush was president and he sent down a bill twice as big as that? Did you ever do that? You can do that. That’s theatrics. You can do that.”
I'm sure she'll keep the debate on track.
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