Sure Enough, The Three Wanna-be Republican Senators Face Harsh Criticism For Pushing Dem’s Stimulus Bill
Fox News: Until Friday, President Obama’s plea for bipartisanship support of his costly plan for stimulating the economy mostly had fallen on deaf GOP ears, but that changed when three Republican moderates pledged their support.
In doing so, Sens. Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe of Maine, and Pennsylvania’s Sen. Arlen Specter risked drawing the wrath of their fellow Republicans and of some constituents
The trio’s support is expected to give Democrats the 60 votes needed in the Senate to advance to a final vote on the $827 billion stimulus bill next week — and ultimately push the controversial mix of massive spending and tax cuts over the finish line.
Collins said she broke ranks with her party because of the progress congressional negotiators had made on the bill.
“Well, I know that some of my Republican colleagues are unhappy with the position that I’ve taken,” Collins told FOX News on Saturday. “I hope they will look at the fact that we were able to cut $110 billion of unnecessary spending from this bill. I think that’s a good accomplishment. I also think that it’s important that we do pass a stimulus bill to help turn the economy around.”
Snowe has kept a low profile since the deal was struck, while Specter said Friday night that the agreement wasn’t perfect but it was necessary.
Not everyone agrees.
Julie Ann O’Brien, executive director of the Maine Republican Party, said she already has received plenty of e-mails from people across the country, some praising and some scolding the two Senators for their support of the bill.
“We have heard from both sides,” she told FOXNews.com. “We’ve heard from those who are pleased that Sen. Collins, in particular, has been willing to play and negotiate. And there are others who feel strongly that they are not acting like Republicans are supposed to act.”
O’Brien said the majority of the e-mails she’s received have been critical of the senators.
The Republican Party of Pennsylvania and the National Republican Committee did not return calls Saturday seeking comment for this story.
O’Brien said she wasn’t surprised by Collins’ stance.
“She always has voted her conscience,” O’Brien said, adding that both senators have independent streaks. “For whatever reason, we have a string of independent thinkers from Maine.”
O’Brien doesn’t anticipate any local political fallout for the senators, noting that both won’t face re-election for several years and that voters are familiar with them.
“People know what they’re getting when they vote for them,” she said. “They lean conservative on most issues — that’s why they’re Republicans. But they really do, I feel, do what is right — not politically right but morally right.”
Specter, on the other hand, is up for re-election in 2010.
Collins didn’t rule out the possibility of changing her mind after Senate and House negotiators work out the differences between the bills approved by the two bodies.
“It’s important we get this bill to the president’s desk as soon as possible,” she told FOX News. “But if the bill that comes back to the Senate from the conference committee is once again bloated with wasteful spending and it’s too expensive, then I’ll vote against it.”
She added that she believes the support from her and the other two GOP senators “helps to put pressure on the conference to keep the costs down and to focus on spending and tax relief that will really help create jobs and turn our economy around.”
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These three constitute deserving targets of everything they get after this.
Weird how hussain has a hard on about getting it done by Presidents day? We know he loves the symbolism he is a bit of a mooch when it comes to playing off of past Presidents and holidays. JFK,FDR,MLK,Lincoln, and he has mentioned Reagan.
But in reality he wants it done on presidents day because he wants that day to be the day he “changes” America to marxism. The symbolism is that day we will be honoring the fore fathers, like a knife in the back of traditional America,god loving land of the free.
What an arrogant asshole
They dont vote until Tuesday
SENATOR ARLEN SPECTER - REPUBLICAN
DC PHONE: (202) 224-4254
DC FAX: (202) 228-1229
HARRISBURG PHONE: (717) 782-3951
HARRISBURG FAX: (717) 782-4920
EMAILS TO CONTACT:
Scott_Hoeflich@specter.senate.gov
Maria_Plakoudas@specter.senate.gov
Christopher_Bradish@specter.senate.gov
thomas_dower@specter.senate.gov
seema_singh@specter.senate.gov
corene_ashley@specter.senate.gov
regina_campbell@specter.senate.gov
gayle_mills@specter.senate.gov
MAINE
SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS - REPUBLICAN
DC PHONE: (202) 224-2523
DC FAX: (202) 224-2693
AUGUSTA PHONE: (207) 622-8414
AUGUSTA FAX: (207) 622-5884
EMAILS TO CONTACT:
Steve_Abbott@collins.senate.gov
Holly_Nesbit@collins.senate.gov
SENATOR OLYMPIA SNOWE - REPUBLICAN
DC PHONE: (202) 224-5344
DC FAX: (202) 224-1946
BOSTON PHONE: (207) 622-8292
BOSTON FAX: (207) 622-7295
EMAILS TO CONTACT:
John_Richter@snowe.senate.gov
Anna_Levin@snowe.senate.gov
Here is a list of all the Senators personal offices
http://www.ourcountrydeservesbetter.com/issues/stopstimulus.html
just seeing Obama on television acting so arrogant when saying “what do you think a stimulus bill is?” “it is a spending bill” pissed me off so bad that i would be against this bill even if it did make sense. the fact that all of this spending makes absolutely no sense makes it a trillion times worse in my opinion. i will not let America because ANOTHER failed socialist country.
Don’t let them fool ya. I downloaded the draft numbers on the ‘compromise’ being worked with Hairy Reid. Here’s an example:
Budget Item: Energy and Water Development
House Mark: 48.9 Million
Senate Mark: 53.8 Million
Adjustment to SENATE Mark: reduce by 1.1 Million
Revised Budget: 52.7 Million, higher than the House budgeted for this item!
The Senate ‘compromise’ could end up costing us more than the bill Pelosi passed in the House!
You can download the pdf of the draft numbers by putting this link in your browser:
http://senateconservatives.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/nelson-collins-stimulus-final1.pdf
Are there any members of the GOP in Maine any longer? Those two witches have fought against many a GOP bill in the pass.
slobn’ the obama knob…………………
Why hasn’t their party membership been revoked? It is past time to return to hard line conservative values. Bipartisanship is a load of shit pushed by people who want to consolidate both parties and sacrifice the ideals this nation was founded on.
These three women should have their credit cards taken from them.
Cridhe lol, 2 women and a man I think.
Fucking die already spermster
Thanks for the addies. I just used all of them in three separate emails. Yes I will have to contribute to anyone who runs against these freaks.
Time and time again they all three have proven to be real MoveOn type moonbats.
What happened to Maine anyway? That used to be a pretty conservative state.
That cocksucker is the biggest fucking FRAUD.JOIN the fucking demorats you piece of shit
What’s worse than their vote is that it gives the propaganda the ability to say that the bill is now “bi-partisan” (a lie, but Repubes would have to be unanimous against it to keep them from printing that).
So congratulations Sphincter, Collins, and Snowejob.
Fuck all of you.
I came up with a “Boycott Maine” bumper sticker too:
http://www.cafepress.com/dissentfromday1.356305007
Fuck these fucks….let’s roll.
“These three women …”
When is this party going to tell these “members” thanks but no thanks.
The door is that way.
Get going, before we help you out.
We all need to remember this when they run for re-election and contribute to their primary challenger and get them the hell out. Specter has been a thorn in the side of conservatives for so long now.
Even McCain couldn’t vote for this stinker. Seriously what is with this people?
I found a website dedicated to Term Limits. Pass this link with its petition on to all of your friends:
termlimits.org.
Mention TERM LIMITS when you contact your elected officials. That might make their sphincters clench - at least temporarily.
Disgusting opportunists. After your voted out, leave the party.
Not to toot my own horn or anything… but I’ve been feverishly working the web-forms of our ‘esteemed’ Senators the past few days. Here are my latest attempts …at swaying those most ‘intransigent-moderates’ — the Three Amigos of RINO.
Senator Arlen Specter, in all likelihood you’ll be long dead by the time my youngest nephew is old enough to vote. By then his vote will no longer matter if you compromise now with evil, failed, and wrong. Considering the circumstances now, I’m glad I brought no children into this world. This old-fashioned pork-trading bulls**t doesn’t cut it anymore - it actually never did! Politicians who win elections based on the ’stolen’ money they bring back home are parasites. People who vote for politicians because of this Federal Largess are, likewise, also parasites. Stop negotiating with the enemies of freedom and KILL THIS [censored] phony stimulus BILL!
– Submitted Friday evening, February 06.
Susan M. Collins and Olympia J. Snowe, Are your seats in the U.S. Senate so important to you, the crumbs of influence offered you by these not-so-closet Communists so precious, that you’re willing to sell us all down the river to these contemptible people? Obama is a hard-boiled Marxist psychopath (and racist) megalomaniac. Clinton, Schumer, Majority leader Reid, Speaker Pelosi - virtually all of the inner-circle of the Democrat Party now is committed to Marxist central-planning lunacy! This phony stimulus bill is only the first step in their diabolical schemes. No one in the Republican Caucus should be part of any rubber-stamp Reichstag for this Afro-Hitlerian demagogue!
– Submitted (at each of their forms) Saturday night, February 07.
I see no reason why anyone should be limited to just ‘writing’ their own Senators. After all - their decisions affect ALL of us!
I say contact the Maine GOP headquarters and demand for new conservative candidates to run in 2010.
http://www.mainegop.com/
The vote is Monday now I hear.
Here is a list of all the Senators personal offices to bypass the switchboard.
http://www.ourcountrydeservesbetter.com/issues/stopstimulus.html
Hopefully all 3 received a phone call from Michael Steele telling them to get the Fuck Out of the Republican party.
The R behind their names means anything but Republican…please change it to D For Dumbass
send them to the mall to buy their shoes
From the quotation Not My President (still applicable to today), I bring you the new Not My Senator!
The people outside Maine who are angry with Snowe and Collins, don’t understand how things are here in Maine. I’m not happy with our RINOS either and would love to see someone run against them in a primary, however, that person wouldn’t stand a chance at winning, unfortunately. Alot of liberal out-of-staters have moved into Maine. The rich ones contribute to Collins and Snowe. A lot of the poor ones are on welfare (we are a welfare haven state thanks to the Democrat/Communists in Augusta) and they usually vote for the Dems because the Dems promise to keep welfare instead of promising jobs. The Conservatives in Maine have gotten fed-up with the Moderates (who really are a minority if the Conservatives would get united and active) and have stepped back from being involved in politics. The Moderates are pushy, active, and vocal and they support Collins and Snowe. IF there ever is a Conservative that runs against either or both of them I hope that all of you who say that you will support that Conservative with your money will remember what you said and “put your money where your mouth is”.