Woah! Congressional Offices Don't Have the Stimulus Bill, Lobbyists Do! - GoFuckYourself.com

Ethersync · 02-12-2009, 07:39 PM

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We're receiving E-mails from Capitol Hill staffers expressing frustration that they can't get a copy of the stimulus bill agreed to last night at a price of $789 billion. What's more, staffers are complaining about who does have a copy: K Street lobbyists. E-mails one key Democratic staffer: "K Street has the bill, or chunks of it, already, and the congressional offices don't. So, the Hill is getting calls from the press (because it's leaking out) asking us to confirm or talk about what we know?but we can't do that because we haven't seen the bill. Anyway, peeps up here are sort of a combo of confused and like, 'Is this really happening?'" Reporters pressing for details, meanwhile, are getting different numbers from different offices, especially when seeking the details of specific programs.

Worse, there seem to be several different versions of what was agreed upon, with some officials circulating older versions of the package that seems to still be developing. Leadership aides said that it will work out later today and promised that lawmakers will get time to review the bill before Friday's vote.

http://www.usnews.com/blogs/washingt...byists-do.html

AlienQ - BANNED FOR LIFE · 02-12-2009, 07:42 PM

Translation: The American government are not the deciders.

pocketkangaroo · 02-12-2009, 07:47 PM

Not a big surprise, K-Street runs Washington.

Sly · 02-12-2009, 07:49 PM

Did the staffer really say "peeps"? LOL.

Ethersync · 02-12-2009, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Sly

Did the staffer really say "peeps"? LOL.

Apparently

JD · 02-12-2009, 08:01 PM

Matt 26z · 02-12-2009, 08:05 PM

"Anyway, peeps up here are sort of a combo of confused and like, 'Is this really happening?'"

Time to play Guess The Race!

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Matt 26z So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: ¤ª"˜¨๑۩۞۩๑¨˜"ª¤ Posts: 18,481	"Anyway, peeps up here are sort of a combo of confused and like, 'Is this really happening?'" Time to play Guess The Race!