Pelosi to GOP: 'We had an election... The American people agreed with us'

As an Obama supporter and a Democrat I'm almost now more concerned by Peolosi's tone on this. It really does seem that some of this Bill contains some old Democratic ideas that don't have much to do with jobs. Could it be the House Dems are playing by the old rules. Come on - EVERYONE needs to get together on this - for a change.

Obama won not just because of his ideas, but because so many Americans are sick and tired of the partisanship. ALL members of Congress should take that into consideration or be writing a resume after you get voted out.

The Republican economic theories have had a head-on with reality.

We tried shipping our jobs to countries without meaningful environmental protections.

We tried massive tax cuts for the wealthy and crumbs for the middle class.

We tried 'the market will regulate itself'.

We tried low MPG standards, and drill-baby-drill.

TIME FOR A REBOOT. Insanity is when you keep doing the same thing, expecting a different outcome.

Fight them or join them GOP. If you want to cease to be a party, cave in to the DNC and die!

Pelosi, not quite. People are just tired of the stupid wars. That's what did the republicans in. The economy is not safe in either party's hands. How is that robust pay increase treating you?

Pelosi ??? not all Americans agreed with your lying party.

John - Market was never free. The federal reserve has seen to that. Don't fall for such a fallacy. The market has always been distorted by the fed's policies which is in essence government intervention.

John "TIME FOR A REBOOT. Insanity is when you keep doing the same thing, expecting a different outcome."

I agree, but here is the real insanity...

Borrowing and spending to fix the problem of too much borrowing and spending is fundamentally insane.

They overwhelming voted Adolph Hitler into office to. Does not make what he did right either.

Pelosi find another argument why you want a dictatorship ruled by King Obama and Ted Kennedy

Pelosi looks like she had to many face lifts.

She's a real nutter.

Hmmm.... Her tone doesn't sound to friendly! I'm just one of the 57 million that voted against her values!

What happened to the first chunk of money that was doled out by the past republican president? What about the "pork" that was dished out for the past eight years? Shouldn't the dems investigat and scrutinize (like the republicans are doing now with President Obama's plan) and share all information with the american people. Pelosi is right on target. The American people were duped for eight years and have demanded a change. Go with the flow all you hatemongers.

@Huh,
Educate yourself.

The treasury borrows money by selling bonds at auction. Because of the poor performance of all world markets and distrust in basically every other financial investment, the U.S. government can borrow money at about 2%.

They should borrow another $350-1000 Billion and start making direct loans to small businesses, college students, qualified home buyers or any credit worthy consumers who want to buy a refridgerator.

For example, they could make $300 Billion in home/refinance loans at 4% and still make a profit. And don't tell me the federal government can't run make sound lending decisions. They could hire some of the people from the smaller community banks, the ones who didn't go for the high profit/fatal risk of mortgage backed securities.

These now toxic securities were entirly invented in the private sector and and brought the world to the brink of ruin.

The house is on fire. Only a bunk of Hoovers want to stick with the losing Republican economic playbook.

Bush and His Republican congress is the blame for all of this mess. Bush has bankrupted everything he has ever touched and then he had a republican congress that were nothing but his yes-men. To all of you that voted Republican, this is your pay-back for be so stupid.

Nancy Pelosi needs to be accountable for Padding her own pockets. (read following)Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA): House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who promised a new era of ethics enforcement in the House of Representatives, snuck a $25 million gift to her husband, Paul Pelosi, in a $15 billion Water Resources Development Act recently passed by Congress. The pet project involved renovating ports in Speaker Pelosi's home base of San Francisco. Pelosi just happens to own apartment buildings near the areas targeted for improvement, and will almost certainly experience a significant boost in property value as a result of Pelosi's earmark. Earlier in the year, Pelosi found herself in hot water for demanding access to a luxury Air Force jet to ferry the Speaker and her entourage back and forth from San Francisco non-stop, in unprecedented request which was wisely rejected by the Pentagon. And under Pelosi’s leadership, the House ethics process remains essentially shut down – which protects members in both parties from accountability.

"They should borrow another $350-1000 Billion"

Antoinette- who is this "they" you refer to? Unless I'm mistaken, "they" = "me". I don't need a loan, I don't want a loan, and I don't want to pay future interest on a loan that I don't want. Get it?

Any fool can see these people (congress) don't know what they are doing ... and are totally irresponsible when management of funds is involved ... they only know one thing and that is to spend ... I doubt if any of these freeloaders has even taken the time to read any of these bills ... just a bunch rich lawyers pretending to have the peoples interest at heart

Earth to Peolosi:
True more people voted for
President Obama than for McCain.
However You Don't have any Huge
Mandate to do anything you want to do!
Almost 60 million Americans voted
against President Obama!
In any case you Dems have comfortable
majorities in both houses.
You can pass this flawed non-stimulus
bill on your own. Stop whining.
We Republicans will not give you cover.
It it succeeds you get all the glory,
and if it fails you get the blame.
By the way by 2010 you Dems will have been in control for 4 years so this
stimulus had better improve the
economy before those elections.

Mike: You hit the nail on the head.
These elites in both parties live in
their own world.
That explains why so many of them,
both Dems and Repubs voted to
confirm Geithner the tax cheat as
Treasury Secretary! He belongs to
the Club!