Thursday, March 12, 2009

Second stimulus? Never heard of it!

Following up on Wednesday's "Congress May Need to Fund Another Stimulus, Pelosi Says" we have this from Politico:
Nancy Pelosi said this week that she’s keeping the door open for a second stimulus bill.

She may be the only one.

As the nation continues to shed jobs, an increasing number of economists are saying Congress will need to pump more money into the economy this year. But reaction on Capitol Hill has been almost uniformly negative — and much of the blowback is coming from Democrats.

“If there’s appetite, there’s not in my office,” said Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.). “Enough for now. No mas. No mas.”>>>MORE