Threats of filibusters don’t scare the Democrats

Democrats remain confident that the new economic recovery plan will have enough votes to succeed. Senators Harry Reid (D-NV), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Patty Murray (D-WA) and Charles Schumer (D-NY) held a press conference today discussing the new plan.

Although the Republicans threaten to stall with filibusters, Senator Schumer said, “Has bipartisanship been a failure? Well so far its not working but it takes two to tango and the Republicans aren’t dancing.” The Republicans are trying to “lob off” parts of the bill said Sen. Schumer, but he stated that every time we lob off of the bill, we lob off jobs.

Schumer stated that the only people who oppose this bill are Republicans in the house and senate that are holding on to a doctrine that’s “been tossed out by the voters and tossed out by experience.” He further stated that he would rather pass a good bill with 65 votes, then a bad bill with 80 votes. “the key is the number of jobs created, not the votes” said Schumer

Schumer said that McCain’s mortgage plan, which focuses on re-financing is “totally flawed”. He says that, “Instead of re-financing mortgages and making the bank the gatekeeper, we should just give people the money in a direct way, which is what the Obama plan does.”

Senator Murray concluded with “a 4% mortgage does you absolutely no good if you don’t feel confident that you have a job and an income.”

by Suzia van Swol, University of New Mexico- Talk Radio News Service