Obama says Stimulus is urgent, but not urgent enough to cause him to work
Apparently Obama’s weekend is more important than the Economic Stimulus that he rushed through the House. Nobody had time to read the 1,100 page bill because Obama insisted it be passed immediately. But he hasn’t signed it yet because his weekend plans are more important. While he is eating at Table Fifty-Two in Chicago, the Americans he supposedly cares about (ha!) suffer another weekend without his magical economic stimulus gifts from heaven.
“After pushing Congress for weeks to hurry up and pass the massive $787 billion stimulus bill, President Obama promptly took off for a three-day holiday getaway.
Obama arrived at his home in Chicago on Friday, and treated wife Michelle to a Valentine’s Day dinner downtown last night. The couple was spotted leaving upscale Table Fifty-Two, which specializes in Southern cuisine, with the first lady toting what appeared to be a doggie bag.
The president plans to spend the Presidents’ Day weekend in the Windy City, and is not expected to sign the bill until Tuesday, when he travels to Denver to discuss his economic plan.
Both the House and Senate passed the bill Friday night.
The push to get the bill through before the holiday weekend was so frantic, members of Congress didn’t have a chance to read all 1,071 pages of the document before they could vote.”