Well this is good to know! (Hat Tip: Drudge)
Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) presses staffer from the Joint Committee on Taxation about job creation in the Democrats' proposed stimulus bill. He could not confirm that this bill could produce one job.
OPENING STATEMENT OF RANKING MEMBER DAVE CAMP
MARKUP OF H.R. 598 – ECONOMIC STIMULUS BILL
From republicans.waysandmeans.house.gov
I understand the Speaker has put enormous pressure on the varying committees of jurisdiction to bring her bill to the floor as quickly as possible. However, the President has directly challenged us “to end the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations and worn out dogmas, that for far too long have strangled our politics.” You have echoed that call for bipartisanship on this Committee.
Given the events of the past few weeks—not the least of which are the release of the bill at 5 p.m. on a Friday of a holiday weekend with no input from the Minority—we are not optimistic about our Amendments being thoughtfully considered let alone accepted. To that end, we will not be offering a substitute. Instead, we will take our proposals directly to the President who has agreed to sit down with us and to hear our case.
Now this is Conservatism in Action!
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