Stimulus Bill Online
The House Appropriations Committee has published the economic stimulus bill that both chambers of Congress will be voting on today. It can be found here.
Republicans are currently arguing on the House floor that they and the American public have not had enough time to look at the text. Both parties had agreed to allow 48 hours to review the conference report before voting, though the bill was placed online just after midnight last night and a vote will take place today.
"This measure is, as has been reported, a thousand pages," said Rep. David Dreier (R-Calif.), holding a large stack of papers. "And no one knows what it's going to do, including our friend, the chairman of the Appropriations Committee." Dreier was referring to Rep. David Obey (D-Wis.).
UPDATE: Acting Speaker John Tierney (D-Mass.) said the agreement was advisory, not binding.



