McCain: "That's Not Bi-Partisanship"

Friday, February 13, 2009 at 11:31AM
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Senator John McCain (R-Ariz) spoke during the Senate debate today, to discuss the compromised version of the stimulus package.

McCain said: "I don't believe things are going to get better in the
world real soon."

"We need to sit down together before the bill is written, outline the
principles, turn those principles that we share into concrete
legislation and work together, and I hope we never again have a
repetition of a bill of such enormous consequence that would pass
through both bodies with literally no Republican support.”

McCain added: "Three Senators out of 178 [Republicans] in the House and 40 here in the United States Senate. That's not bi-partisanship."  

"I hope the American people respond again by sending us the message,
they want us to address the economic woes we face, and they want us to
address them together. This legislation, in my view, is very, very bad
for the economic future of America," McCain concluded.

Article originally appeared on Talk Radio News Service: News, Politics, Media (http://www.talkradionews.com/).