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Bonner votes against both Obama Stimulus bills
Stimulus Act (HR 1)
$787 billion stimulus bill
Passed House on 1/28/09 – (244 to 188)
Jo Bonner voted No
Passed Senate on 2/10/09 – (61 to 37)
Signed into law by the president on 2/17/09
(PL 111-005)
Stimulus Act II (HR 2847)
$151 billion second stimulus bill
Passed House on 12/16/09 – (217 to 212)
Jo Bonner voted No
Awaiting Senate consideration
According to the Democrats who run Washington, Stimulus 1 was supposed to keep unemployment under 8%. Unemployment still rose to over 10% nationally and the $787 billion price tag was a real budget buster. You paid the bill, where are the jobs? The Democrats just won’t learn that government doesn’t create jobs, the private sector does.
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