WASHINGTON (CNN) - A working coalition of members of the U.S. Senate have reached a deal on an economic stimulus plan and a vote is expected some time Friday night, Senate sources said. Ailing Sen. Ted Kennedy, the Democratic senator who has been absent from the Senate since collapsing on Inauguration Day, is expected to be present for the vote, sources said.
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Of course he will because the Kennedys are real Americans. They have always been for the people and it shows. The Bushes and the Cheneys have always been for themselves. They are the most selfish people on the planet. I can't wait to vote all rethugs out in 2010.
If they don't sign this bill I will sign their pink slips. Stop listening to your stupid leaders like Rush Limbreath and Stupid Sarah Failin. What morons.
George Worst President Ever Bush is a moron.
No to this offensive spending package!
Excellent! Thank you.
Congratulations!
welcome back Senator, you were missed
GOD bless you Senator Kennedy! ROCK YOUR VOTE!!!
Keep 'em honest, Ted. Tell the Repubs that if they hurt schools, they can STUFF THIS BILL!
We asked and asked and asked for the media to give us some detailed information about the contents of this recent stimulus bill, but we didn't get anything from the media except going on and on and on about the differences between the Democrats and the ObstructiPubs.
Maybe AFTER it is approved by Congress, whoever they may be, the media will let us know what is in it.
Nothing on education, from what I hear.
Kids, they don't care about you!
Good Senator Kennedy. You are in our prayers
True patriots the Kennedys. Keep good health Ted.
Gov. Paterson deprived Caroline the senate seat. I bet Paterson will loose his seat in the the next election.
Greaaat! Glad he could cast one last vote to screw America.
Vote yes on a bill that he has no clue what is in it...... change........
WE NEED YOUR VOTE SENATOR KENNEDY TO SEAL THE DEAL. NOBODY UNDERSTANDS BETTER THAN A KENNEDY WHAT'S AT STAKE. THIS FAMILY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN OUR COUNTRIES BEST PUBLIC SERVANTS AND UNDERSTANDS OUR NEEDS.
It is sad that the Dems appear to need a sick man's vote to get them over the top on this.
I, ALONG WITH THE HARD WORKING PEOPLES OF AMERICA, FIND YOU ALL A disgrace!!!!!!!!
Hope he isn't picking anyone up, there might be some bridges.
Say goodnight Teddie and good riddance.
RUSH WINS RUSH WINS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Happy Birthday Ron!!!!!!
nice hat sir.
No no no...wait for Geitner. Republicans should not support anything until you have everything on the table. It is a tenative deal at this point and no need to rush. Don't even let the presence of godfather change your stand. Obama is going for a long crazy walk this week-end so republicans have to time to go home to families and resume negotiations on Monday. One week to President's day. No rush. People can hold out till next monday for some good news.
VOTE FOR STINULUS BILL FOR MAIN STREET AND PUT PEOPLE BACK TO WORK. ENOUGH MONEY FOR WALL STREET!!
who cares?
ARLEN SPECTOR – YOU HAVE NOW DISGRACED AMERICA! pOLITICS ASIDE i BELIEVD IN you! shame< shame< shame ON YOU FOR THE FUTUE DECLINE OF THE people!!! mAY YOU BE PUT IN THE HISTORY BOOKS AS A betrayor OF THE PEOPLES YOU CLAIMED TO TAKE CARE OF!!!!!!
I'd care, but it doesn't matter. Why don't you report on something that matters?
A true man for the cause, here you have a people who is ill yet he will get out to make his vote because he know what we need to do to help better this country and get it back where it need to be. Way to go Sen.Kennedy go and do what you do better and that is help make a different.
The Kennedys have done enough harm to this country. Go back to your compound and go quietly into the night, Ted.
This is one of the most significant days for me and my family – our family business has laid off workers and we are scrambling to find work for those who are left. We are desperately waiting for news of the stimulus bill progress. We have a nephew who is departing for Afghanistan for his third tour of duty and we are trying to track what happens in the hearings for state and defense department appointments. etc. etc. etc.
WE HATE – absolutely despise having to open this website for pending news to find it headlined with a Sara Petroleum story -again and again and again and again.
Dump the S. P. news or dump website interests. We strongly urge others to follow our lead!
We're out until you sort your priorities out.
When the Senate votes, we will read about it elsewhere.
A real American hero. Fair weather Senator Kennedy.
Bless his sweet heart. I knew he would be there.
he thinks he is important,because his son obama has trouble.
Senator Kennedy never could resist a pork spending bill.
God bless you Senator Kennedy. You are proof that you don't have to be young to be progressive.
The LION can always be counted on! Too bad the gop is still in their backwards mode. Someone needs to remind them of what happened in November, and can happen to them if they impede progress.
God speed, Lion!
I hope they keep the education in the bill. Sad how Republicans don't care about education.
That's what I am talking about. Or I am rejoicing too prematurely? Decidedly, even this tentative deal on the stimlus package compares with crack shooting at the problem rather than shooting from the hip. In my world, if a congress member demurs from commiting to vote would be less patriotic. Yet, the yawning gulf between what the economists proposed and what the politicians pondered was so palpably thick that you could either cut it with a knife or hang your hat on it.
Hey Ted it's great to have you back. Hand me your keys and have another drink. America loves you.
Take care of your health Senator Kennedy! Bless you for coming out for the stimulus package! You and your entire family has always given too much for the People of this Country! God bless you, Sir!
Night of the living corpse.
Sen Ted Kennady God will give you a Long life, you think about your people ? may God bless you ,
"Ted Kennedy" and "stimulus" in the same sentence is a horrible picture. Reminds me of his "waitress sandwich" with Chris Dodd. (Excuse me while I puke).
WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU SENATOR.
Someone review the footage during Reed's address about STIM compromise. Who was the republican standing in front of Mcain calling a point of order and saying they (Republicans ) wanted to read proposal over weekend? These guys are enjoying themselves look at Mcains $!#t eating grin. Now replay that footage while scrolling theses punks net worth under the scene. That guys suit cost more than what Ive been able to aford for my three childrens cloths in the past 2 years. Show that footage over and over again in their home states. These SOBs dont care about the people who are suffering as a direct result of their actions in the past and continue to rub the American people's face in the dirt with their arogant elitest bull $$it.
Now that is a roaring lion staging a comeback to attack the bill by hopfully signing FOR it. Way to go, Ted! Try to set an example for a lot of those whimpy GOPs so they can avoid sprinting away from the package like a herd of wounded hyenas with bees on their tails.
Campbell brown needs to watch some of her tapes and do something about her "mouth contortions". They are disgusting. Almost match what she says. Sorry CNN. I just can't watch or listen. I've tried. Just can't do it. What an egotistical airhead. I'll just continue to switch to re-runs (Sure hope when she has that baby she loses the chins too – or maybe decides to care for her children and get someone else to do the show and she can just leave us in peace)
Rush, 95% of Republicans, McCain and FOX all hope Obama and this great nation fails. Sad, just sad.
THIS IS SOMEONE THAT REALLY CARE ABOUT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. GOD BLESS YOU SENATOR KENNEDY AND I PRAY THAT YOU HAVE A FULL RECOVERY.
REPUBLICAN THIS WHAT A MAN THAT CARE ABOUT HIS FELLOW AMERICAN LOOKS LIKE. TAKE A LONG LOOK INTO YOUR MIRROW. WHAT DO YOUR SEE? I KNOW ALREADY YOUR FAMILY ONLY AND THEIR WELL BEING.
Too bad Mary Jo Kopechne isn't here to see this great event. Give me a break.
I'll bet people like ULA have jobs. How many days could ULA go with no food in the house? How many weeks?
Take your time ULA – just go back where you came from. Monday is fine.
welcome Sen. Kennedy, Kennedy is a good public servant and a loved one!
Since when were the dead allowed to vote?
yes yes such a great man. hope he didn't have to negotiate a bridge to get to the vote
Our Media has been hijacked........I didn't want to watch Keith Oberman because I believed in our journalists till I realized what What President Obama is against after only two weeks of his Presidency has been turned to be like a year term......
God help us!
God bless you, Senator Kennedy.
So far Obama as expected has been a COMPLETE failure!!
Let's hope he doesn't drive off a another bridge and kill a second woman on the way to vote. But not to worry, the media and the rest of you kool-aid drinking socialist wouldn't care.
Ted's vote is needed because the Republicans in the Senate and House are still stuck in the old days. Ted has had his faults, but he has done a lot for our country.
@Ohio-
Rush and others WANT OBAMA SOCIALISTIC POLICIES TO FAIL.
Stop taking things out of context.
Thanks Sen Kennedy. You are a true patriot. God bless ...
I don't wish Kennedy any personal ill...but he's done enough damage to America. And remember...I'd rather hunt with Dick Cheney than drive with Ted Kennedy
It is a wonder after all the back slapping and thanking one another for all their hardwork that anything gets done.
Reid is a big WUSS and his saying that he and John McCain have been doing this for 27 years and seeing the results makes me sick to my stomach!
These people are a joke! Look what they have done to this country. When need a REVOLUTION!!
Does it even matter to him what's in it? He may not be the only Democrats in congress with a brain tumor.
Some of you are going to be very disappointed by this bill and its ability to create jobs.
Judging by some of these posts, it may take a trillion or two to find some of you jobs. You seem unemployable. It's just not going to happen.
Feel free to blame Bush or Palin or Rush or Republicans if it makes you feel better.
Thank you, Senator Kennedy, for all your years of service. Your commitment to average Americans has always been evident and inspirational!
Glad he's getting better.
Bush's TARP was a mistake because it was rushed. Obama's terrible decisions with our kids money out of fear. Bush used fear of terror to take away rights now Obama is using fear to steal money from our future to empower his agenda.
No one here should suspend their common sense to justify political objectives. You can't spend your way to prosperity folks and we are lighting the fuse to a inflation bomb. This better work or our kids America is doomed.
Awful, awful, awful! Useless Republican tax cuts combined with useless spending spells a worthless bill. Where's the creative economic thinking? We need meaningful, stimulating action, not ideological drivel. Once again the congress proves itself a collection of the worst of the worst, absolutely no one's best and brightest. Collapse is on the way.
Obviously they're sweating having enough votes so they had to drag Kennedy in. All you folks who are so excited about this bill should read it. I did, all 400+ pages. It's quite the eye opener. To the small business owner who's had to lay off people and is trying to find them jobs, I hope your small business was farming, bee production, road or bridge construction, heating and air conditioning or some other structure building trade because that's about all the potential jobs in this bill. No one has actually ever identified one job that will be created let alone how these jobs match to the jobs people are losing. They only talk about how this will create or save 3 or 5 million jobs. The people that have lost their jobs, from aerospace engineers to computer programmers to financial industry employees to sales people to coffee makers are not going to find a replacement under this bill.
It is pathetic that Kennedy must go to DC to vote.....when will the Senate get on Board?!?!?!?!
McCainn, Palin and the rest need to retire as they are non-effective and created the mess we are currently in along with Bush
Kennedy and Carter just keep cheating the devil.
Back room deals, ram through bill against citizens wishes, and unite the country -- change you can believe in!
Mr. President,
Why did you include social programs in your stimulus? That should have been done at a later date. The importance right now is for the economy, jobs and foreclosure.
This old fart needs to retire. The kennedy era is over.
"Rush, 95% of Republicans, McCain and FOX all hope Obama and this great nation fails. Sad, just sad."
I'm sorry, what? You're listening to Liberal rhetoric? Go read the actual quote: Rush said if Obama planned on pushing a Socialist and very Left-wing Agenda he hopes he fails in that. He never once said he hopes Obama simply fails or that America fails, only that he fails in instituting Socialist agenda. Please, read more than just your own side once in a while.
I am not a Republican. I did not support McCain or Obama. I do not support neo-con agenda. Just to head off any of your empty rhetoric attacks.
Must have lured the lush out with a promise of some sippin' whiskey! So sad what this man will do for a drink.
Thank you, Senator Kennedy. Take care of your health. God bless you!
Ray Ray..... you are losing your mind! NO ONE.... I mean NO ONE has done or given more than the Kennedys for this country!
Get your nose out of Rush Limbaugh's behind and start thinking for yourself with that pea brain between your ears!
Bush and His Cronnies are the ones who have done NOTHING for this country but HARM!
The Kennedy era is OVER ! It's time for this has been drunk to head back to the compound....and stay !
It's amazing to me that the so called political analyst can’t see the genius in what the president has done by letting the GOP run their mouth. He has exposed them in a way that could have never been done if he just tried to force the bill down their throats. He’s not only exposed the fact that they have NO IDEA how to revive the economy, but that they don’t even understand the concept. The GOP looks like pure D S#iT! No body even wants to here what they have to say, because they are IDIOTS! They don’t care about the country; they only care about the rich people that can fund their campaigns. Thing is, no matter how much money they get from rich people, it’s the people that are not so rich that vote you into office, and it is those people that now know you are not worth the paper you wipe yourselves with. The GOP is finished!
Good Job Mr. President!
Thanks for exposing these frauds, and thanks for saving our country!
One other thing, the Pres is not going to let the GOP dictate his bill, this in his legacy.
Notice how the republican senators are hiding instead of showing up to vote? They're playing both sides of the fence and it will bite them in the end.
Senator, it is better if you retire and stay there in MA. We do not need you. These democrats have taken our country to the brink of catastrophe. They want to spend the money which we do not have and I am sure they are getting paid for it. I ask everybody to call their congressman and senator to warn them if they vote for this bill. It is a disaster. Mark my words.
I sure hope he gets better and return to the senate. God bless you senator.
How many of you that are trashing this stimulus bill actually know what is in ti?
I am disappointed in reading some of these mean spirited comments about someone's very long years of service....I wonder what contribution to the greater whole they have offered....It is a new day....the tone for that was expressed by President Obama in his words at the faith gathering this week. I suggest everyone read the transcript. Those who align with that tone and spirit are a part of the new day. I am proud to be an American. I am proud of this country and its great courage, great spirit and great core values....thank you.
Kennedy, he should still be in jail for murder, tells you something about the Democratic party in todays world.
a true American that wants the best for all America, as does our President, God bless them both.
Go Teddy! You represent the best of what America has to offer to ourselves and the world. Your vision, you service, your sacrifice are a shining example to us all. God bless you for all that you have done for regular Americans over the past 5 decades. If we had a few more like you and your matyred big brothers, and perhaps a few fewer neocons, this country and this world would be such a better place.
If our education structure collapes because of this stimulus package I will whole heartedly blame the Stupid Republicans and George Bush with his no child left behind non-sense which hardly any educator supports. Once again we have left the money behind.
The only thing that makes sense is for the package to generate jobs for people to buy houses and pay property taxes for our schools or sales tax that can be generated. And come up with a separate education bill.
EDUCATION AND IT'S STIMULATION IS WHAT HAS PROPELLED THIS COUNTRY TO IT'S GREATNESS. WHY DON'T THESE DUMMIES GET IT.
Sue you are lucky, most of us wish we had a job to work hard on.
all my respect to you Mr Kennedy! Stay strong!!
Senator Ted Kennedy.., hang in there. You can do it. Mike in Montana
CNN: Why are you running a story that isn't about Sarah Palin? You her so much, and I can't believe that you wrote an entire article without mentioning her. Oh well, tomorrow is another day for more "CNN s Palin" stories. Good night!
What a legacy of love and dedication. The true embodiment of a Statesman.
Senator Kennedy has earned our respect – I so appreciate his wisdom and his commitment to working for all of us. Obama inherited this magnificent deficit – remember where we were when Clinton left – we had a SURPLUS in the US treasury!
Where is the outrage about the irresponsibility of the past 8 years of spending on an unnecessary war? Where is the outrage about the banking bailout sought by Bush?
It is time for those Repubs. who are so smug about their "ideals" to have some solutions for this economy that work. Bush drove us to the brink of disaster.
@Nicole TN – if you think Kennedys are real Americans, you're obviously not very educated....the only Thugs are in the white house and liberal democratic congress. You're typical of the problem this country faces; total and undeniable ignorance....
TAX CUTS DONT WORK,THIS BILL IS GOING TO HURT DEMOCRATS BIGTIME,GIVING PEOPLE A FEW BUCKS WONT WORK,DID IT WORK LAST YEAR HELL NAH""THE ONLY THING IS GOING TO WORK IS PUT AN END TO THE BUSH TAX CUTS FOR THE TOP 5%,RAISE IT TO 45%,CUT THE NASA PROGRAM 30%,CUT THE MILITARY 20%,BRING BACK THE OLD SYSTEM OF FILING FOR BANK RUTPCY,INVEST IN HEATH CARE,IT WOULD TAKE OFF SO MUCH PRESSURE FROM BUSINESS,BUT DONT GIVE TAX CUTS,IF OBAMA WOULD HAVE DONE THIS THE ECONOMY WILL BE OUT OF RECESSION IN 1 YEAR,BUT WITH THIS BILL THE RECESSION IS NEVER GOING TO END,BECAUSE OF BUSHES TAX CUTS,20 TRILLION DOLLARS WAS TAKEN AWAY FROM THE TREASURY OVER 8 YRS,ADD 2 WARS IN THAT INCREASES TO 27 TRILLION DOLLARS,LOSING THAT MUCH OF MONEY HAS DESTROYED THIS COUNTRIES WEALTH,THATS WHY THESE TAX CUTS HAVE GOT TO COME TO AN END,CLINTON SAW THIS BACK IN 1994,AFTER HE RASIED THE TAX RATES FOR THE TOP 5%,THE ECONOMY BOOMED,WHAT ELSE MORE CAN I SAY
@Alicia – you poor misguided soul; republicans care deeply about education. IT's libs like you that want a freebie handout for everything, to include education....try working for yourself and not siphoning off the government.
Great! Whatever works!!! DRag him out on an oxygen tank. You know we live in the 21st Century, perhaps, he can electronically vote?
Whatever is in this package, it needs to be STRONG medicine. Our economy is in a COMA. It needs a resurrection!!!
Until the day of the vote Honorable Senator Kennedy, , , , rest up.
The money for main street is painful to get than for wall st..,..
" I bet Paterson will loose his seat in the the next election."
"THIS FAMILY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN OUR COUNTRIES BEST PUBLIC SERVANTS AND UNDERSTANDS OUR NEEDS."
"VOTE FOR STINULUS BILL FOR MAIN STREET "
Anyone else surprised that these people are liberals? You're all wicked smaaat.
Is the media against the person Obama or President Obama?
Please put him back in the hospital and lock the door.
i hope he has another concussion....ITS A GREAT SHOW, this man!
I agree with the comment made by Ohio for Obama-Fox News-who I refused to ever watch again, wants this adminstration to fail. Hannity doesn't get it-did he not forget that his Repulicans ran the worst administration in the history of the United States.
At least we now have a president who cares for the people!!
May the Divine Souce keep you safe and healthy Senator Ted..Our Liberal Lion from Masachusetts!! We are proud of you and what you have done for us...Unlike Republican Mitt Romney who used our state for his personal goal!! Just like a Republican..looking out for your own interests..NOT the peoples'!!!!!!
Am I the only one that remember that Republicans controlled the Whitehouse for the last 8 years and senate ans house for most of it and got us into this mess and now they have the answer? Even worst, we are listening to them?
Will all you idiots stop insulting each other long enough to realize that neither the repubs or the dems give a darn about any of us – that does include you. If you were honest for even a few moments you'd realize that!!!
He is a democrate for pork spending, of course he will vote for this nonsense pile of poop that the dems and Obama want us to pay for so their fundraising supporters keep providing them with doe-ray-me.
Some people may buy the lines out of these people's mouths but it isn't yours truly. I just take comfort in the fact that my kids wont be the only ones to suffer when that payday comes to average taxpayers and the "say it we will do it" followers finally get a "clue" that they have been conned into a bill that isn't really going to help them at all.
I can see that this country has not yet come together. We are at the edge of a cliff. What will it take? A few moderate republican senators are going to make the difference in the senate. God bless the courage of Olympia Snowe, Susan Collins, and Arlen Specter, who care more about this country than bipartisan bickering. Come together, America. To our senators and representatives- come together. The people spoke in the last election...listen. Work together to save our economy.
Oh the drama of it all. This fall on NBC, Ted Kennedy plays a Senator. Remember when the dems mad a big deal about McCains age. I wouldn't be surprised if this guy was on life support and they made him vote jee wiz.