Public support for the pork laden "Stimulus Bill" continues to erode as Americans become aware that there is very little stimulus and mostly gifts to Democratic supporters. Even the Obama administration is against the makeup of the bill-Lou
Democrat: Obama Team 'Encouraged' Defiance of Pelosi on Stimulus
Rep. Jim Cooper, a conservative Democrat from Tennessee, told a liberal radio network on Sunday that the Obama White House encouraged him to defy House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on the $819 billion economic stimulus bill.
"Well, I probably shouldn’t tell you this, but I actually got some quiet encouragement from the Obama folks for what I’m doing," said Cooper, one of only 11 Democrats to vote against the economic stimulus plan that passed the House last week.
"They know its a messy bill and they wanted a clean bill," he said. "Now, I got in terrible trouble with our leadership because they don’t care what’s in the bill, they just want it to pass and they want it to be unanimous."
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