What we are asking is, why would we spend the whole piggybank on a $1 trillion piece of legislation that isn't targeted to create jobs when we have so many other pressing responsibilities for this limited amount of borrowed money--namely, fixing housing and getting lending moving again?
Discussing concerns over federal spending and economic priorities during a Senate debate.
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