Go Mark Go!!!

Congressman Mark Kirk (R-10th) is outraged by the silliness of some House Resolutions, preventing debate of the TRILLIONS in spending Democrats want to railroad through. (This one was on the Super Bowl.) Anne Schroeder Mullin's Shenanigans blog, Politico:

Why are we talking about this and not talking about the stimulus?" Score another one for Kirk. 

"If we have many more resolutions I’ll be encouraging other members to do the same thing. So the Speaker may think twice before putting completely irrelevelant distractions on the floor other than business at hand which is to borrow two trillion bucks tomorrow."

Exact remarks: 

Mr. Kirk: I might just ask the leadership why we are debating this resolution, taking time away from serious debate on the hidden stimulus bill. Why, as the economy tanks, congressional leaders are voting to borrow $2 trillion but we’re debating National Engineers Week and a football resolution? Now I watched the game and it was a good game but it's not our core mission. We should be debating the $2 billion appropriation for "neighborhood stabilization" available to organizations currently under criminal scrutiny like ACORN, a new wellness fund, or a government medical effectiveness board now with powers to override decisions of you and your doctor. When we take up resolutions like this, it's because we are trying to distract members and the American people for knowing what they cannot read in the stimulus bill. We can debate the Super Bowl but the results are not in doubt. What we ought to be debating is should we borrow $2 trillion on behalf of the American people and does anyone have that cash? We debate Engineer Week instead of asking the Fed, when you "monetize" debt, doesn't that really mean you're printing money? It's resolutions like this that weaken the reputation of the U.S. –

Oh, and did you know Dem leaders gave the bill text to lobbyists (you know, the special interests who give them campaign $$$$) before releasing it to some members of Congress, not to mention the public. 

Michelle the rebel economist--her idea? The people's stimulus---get your money back