[Infowarrior] - Stimulus bill is 1071 pages

[Richard Forno]

I have to wonder what other "stimulus" is in this bill ...... and if  
it gets passed w/o reading it, are we looking at another USA PATRIOT- 
like outcome?  They passed that major bill w/o reading it,  
too......and under similar air of national emergency!!!    --rf



Democratic Senator Predicts None of His Colleagues 'Will Have the  
Chance' to Read Final Stimulus Bill Before Vote
Friday, February 13, 2009
By Ryan Byrnes and Edwin Mora


(CNSNews.com) – Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) predicted on Thursday  
that none of his Senate colleagues would "have the chance" to read the  
entire final version of the $790-billion stimulus bill before the bill  
comes up for a final vote in Congress.

“No, I don’t think anyone will have the chance to [read the entire  
bill],” Lautenberg told CNSNews.com.

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The final bill, crafted by a House-Senate conference committee, was  
posted on the Website of the House Appropriations Committe late  
Thurday in two PDF files.

The first PDF was 424 pages long and the second PDF was 575 pages  
long, making the total bill 999 pages long.  The House is expected to  
vote on this 999-page bill Friday, and the Senate either later Friday  
or Saturday.  [Editor's note: The first PDF, as posted on the House  
Appropriations Committee website as of 8:20 AM Friday morning, had  
grown by 72 pages to 496 pages, increasing the length of the total  
document to 1,071 pages.



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