Alabama Senator Wants You To Read Stimulus Bill

Jeff Sessions Alabama Senator An Alabama Senator wants you to see what you'll being pay for in the President's $825 Billion economic stimulus package.

by Emily Forrester

Published: Tue, January 27, 2009 - 10:46 pm CST

One Alabama Senator wants Americans to know what spending is listed in the President's stimulus package. Republican Senator Jeff Sessions sent out a statement about the stimulus bill. Here is his full announcement:

U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) today published the full text of the massive, 434-page stimulus bill on his Senate website, giving the American people an opportunity to inspect firsthand how Congress intends to spend up to $900 billion of their taxpayer dollars.
Senate leaders have been reluctant to officially release the actual text of the legislation. The draft, for example, is not available on the Senate’s primary web site or on the site operated by the Library of Congress, where pending legislation is typically posted.
Although the idea of a stimulus package has been discussed by congressional leaders in the media for weeks, a draft first became available in the Senate yesterday.
Sessions, a critic of the size and scope of the stimulus spending plan, said it was important that the American people have access to the document.

“This massive spending bill—which will likely exceed $900 billion by the time the Senate takes a vote—has been kept away from the public eye in order to limit scrutiny,” Sessions said. “This legislation will be the largest single expenditure in the history of our government. The American people will ultimately pay the tab, so the public deserves to know exactly what the bill contains.”

You can read the bill clicking here.

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bamagirl07 Says:

Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 3:02 pm

This just goes to show us that Obama is not the person all Americans wanted him to be. He is trying to put our country into more debt. I will be proud to tell my kids and there kids one day that I DID NOT vote for him. So they want be able to blame me for having to pay so much darn Tax. My mother told me just the other day how Mr Obama seems more and more everyday like Hitler. Great Talker, Nice Looking, and Promises to help out the unemployment. Umm Im guessing that people are now wondering if they voted for the right reasons. To late now! He is already in there now we have to live with it for 4 more years.

BamaBob Says:

Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 9:57 am

Good idea Carl, but don’t try to grow scrap metal! lol

carl Says:

Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 9:45 am

Man! that bill looks like now would be a good time to be a big time farmer or a refinery owner and I haven’t even got beyond the first 50 pages.Looks like the rural areas will get money for Home and crop insurance too.I’ma thinking of getting me an old mule and coveralls and plow up the back yard or make me a home made refinery.

Lee308 Says:

Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 9:38 am

Ya Bob, and I called Shelby’s office and raised hell! I asked if we were getting a drug dealer to head the DEA! Dang I was mad! Oh, the “stimulus” bill is pure pork and if any Republican votes yes, well, it does not matter, we are doomed to civil war or socialism/communism anyway, Take your pick.

BamaBob Says:

Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 8:50 am

Oink, Oink, Oink!

I noticed Sessions voted not to confirm tax cheat Geithner and Shelby voted for the guy. Why would a conservative Republican vote to confirm this guy? I can’t believe that the only person qualified to run the IRS is a guy that can’t figure out Turbo Tax!

Tide Fan Says:

Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 8:20 am

It contains the Democrats agenda…they are going to use OUR tax dollars to push their policies…NOT STIMULATE THE ECONOMY….Some President we have elected…hasnt been in office two weeks and is already a liar and is misleading the public on the spending of $900 Billion Tax Dollars….The printing press must be working overtime at the mint. It really is sad though…the people that voted for him actually believe everything he says without actually looking at where the money is going to go. If this were a republican bill, the mainstream media would rip it to shreads….but not out liberal media.