Wham! Bam! No thank-you, ma’am

February 13, 2009 Politics & Government Comments (0)

It’s Friday the 13th and the trillion-dollar trick is on you and your children and your children’s children. House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) warned of what might lurk amid the 1,000-plus-page, late-night concoction, which the House passed 246-183 with 0 Republican votes.

“Not one member has read this bill,” Boehner said, as he dropped the foot-high, $787 billion bail-out bill on the floor of the House with a thud. “Bad process leads to bad policy.”

“The American people have a right to know what’s in this bill,” Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind) said Thursday. “Every member of Congress — Republicans and Democrats — voted to post this bill on the internet for 48 hours, 48 hours ago. We’ll see if the Democrats keep their word.”

They didn’t.