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Thread #127637   Message #3186641
Posted By: Sawzaw
13-Jul-11 - 09:04 AM
Thread Name: BS: The Republicans (US)
Subject: RE: BS: The Republicans (US)
Let's see if Ron can dispute these facts by simply finding the site they came from and discrediting the site rather than disproving the actual facts:

Democrats throw up a smoke screen to hide their responsibility for the deficit. They have been in control of spending since 2006 and have wholeheatedly voted for every spending bill when they could have voted them down. Now they are too untrustworthy to admit it.

Feb. 13, 2008 The first stimulus bill, H.R. 5140, became law, putting checks in the mail.         
215 House Democrats (93%) voted to add $124.4 billion to the deficit (CBO).
Senator Obama did not show up to vote.

July 30, 2008 H.R. 3221 became law, allowing the government to insure $300 billion in mortgage loans.         
227 House Democrats (96%) voted to add $24.9 billion to the deficit (CBO).
Senator Obama expressed support but did not show up to vote.

Oct. 3, 2008 H.R. 1424 became law, authorizing $700 billion for TARP.
172 House Democrats (73%) voted to bailout Wall Street with $700 billion (CBO).
Senator Obama voted for aTarp saying "It was the right thing to do."

Dec. 10, 2008 The House passed H.R. 7321 to bail out automakers. When it did not pass the Senate, the Treasury provided a bailout with very similar terms.
205 House Democrats (87%) voted to spend $16.168 billion (CBO)
With President-elect Obama's support.

Feb. 17, 2009 The stimulus bill, H.R. 1, became law, spending $787 billion on long-time Democrat priorities and pseudo tax relief for non-taxpayers.
246 House Democrats (96%) voted to add $787 billion to the deficit (CBO)
With President Obama's support.

Feb. 25, 2009 H.R. 1105 passed the House of Representatives, spending $410 billion on a pork-laden omnibus bill that gave big increases to existing government programs.
229 House Democrats (91%) voted to spend $410 billion
With President Obama's support.

Right there is over 2 trillion of the deficit, supported by the Democrats.