Inhofe Votes No, Rips Stimulus Measure

Senator Jim Inhofe, ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, voted today against the largest spending bill to ever be considered before the United States Congress. Senator Tom Coburn also voted against it.

The bill passed by a vote of 61-37.

“Today I voted against a massive spending bill chock-full of the usual big government spending,” Inhofe said. “By the flood of phone calls and emails my office has received, I know the American public understands exactly what this bill does: spend more money that our nation doesn’t have. This bill does very little to put people back to work and little to help get our economy moving again. It’s not about providing tax relief or building roads and bridges. Rather, the current crisis is being used to permanently change the relationship between the federal government and the American people."

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