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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The ledger did not appear to be adding up Tuesday night when President Barack Obama urged more spending on one hand and a spending freeze on the other.

Obama spoke ambitiously of putting money into roads, research, education, efficient cars, high-speed rail and other initiatives in his State of the Union speech. He pointed to the transportation and construction projects of the last two years and proposed "we redouble these efforts." He coupled this with a ...

Thirteen Republicans signed on to slim package.

The Senate passed 70-28 a $15 billion jobs package (HR 2847) proposed by Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) as the first of several steps to tackle the nation's unemployment problem.

Thirteen Republicans and every Democrat except for Sen. Ben Nelson(D-Neb.) voted for it. GOP leaders ...

By Associated Press   02/22/10 at 7:05 pm  posted on Daily Caller

WASHINGTON – A Democratic “jobs” bill has advanced past a GOP filibuster in the Senate, helped along by the vote of the chambers newest Republican.

Scott Brown of Massachusetts was joined by several other Republicansto help Democrats defeat a filibuster orchest...

Below is an excerpt from Jamie Dupree's Blog.  Jamie is a regular contributor to the Neal Boortz radio show and is an excellent source for learning all the dirty little details hidden in the massive bills making their way through congress.  The following post does not mention that the green jobs will likely fall into the unsustainable governement union category.

By Jamie Dupree @ February 19, 2010 12:00 A...

I don't think any of us were fooled when they passed the porkulus bill a year ago.  It was fairly obvious that the abominable legislation written by the Apollo Alliance was nothing more that political payback and slush fund to line campaign coffers for this year's elections. 

The Free Republic has a post of the effect th...