"It's easy for all of us sitting here to talk about any alleged economic growth brought about by the February $787 billion stimulus bill."
"First, while I did not vote for this stimulus bill, $787 billion was made available for spending to stimulate the economy, but as of today, only $173.2 billion has been spent."
"Second, President Obama sold the stimulus on the idea that it would stop unemployment and Members of Congress voted for this stimulus bill to stop the tide of job losses."
"The economic outlook is bleak and we are going to go down as the most job-killing Congress in history."
"The Obama Administration has been saying this is because they inherited a financial mess and used that excuse to pass a $787 billion stimulus bill."
"Why has only 22% of the stimulus money been handed out?"
"Since the stimulus passed--which I did not vote for--unemployment has skyrocketed from 6% to nearly 10%."
"I voted against it, just for the record."
"But despite all the important contributions of our journalists--without whom we would not have heard about Iran-Contra during President Carter's Administration--journalism as a business should not be ..."
"I would think that people in the newspaper business would have gotten the word that bailouts are not really a very popular concept in this country right now."
"Now, President Obama wants to bail out newspapers and/or turn them into non-profit entities so they are free of politics and partisanship."