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     After passing in the House of Representatives a week ago,  with not a single Republican aye vote,a revised stimulus bill made it through the Senate with only three Republican votes. No matter. The voters in November chose an overwhemingly Democratic Congress, and that’s where the power now resides.  Republicans will just have to learn to live with that.  It was good to see that their stubborness yielded no result.

       Funny thing. When the Republicans were in control just a few years ago, they spent like sailors on a spree, and didn’t seem to mind running up the deficit.  It was just a number.  Now that the Democrats have come forward with an attempt to help the economy, the Republicans are born-again deficit hawks. 

       Now the bill will go to conference, so that the differences between the House and Senate version can be ironed out.  As Obama has said, the bill is not perfect, and what legislation is?   But in the current awful economic environment, some action must be taken to help stimulate the economy before things only get worse.  This stimulus bill will hopefully accomplish as least the beginning of that goal.

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