C*******r 发帖数: 10345 | 1 A conservative Democrat who voted against the House stimulus package says
President Obama quietly encouraged him to oppose the "messy bill."
Rep. Jim Cooper, a conservative Democrat from Tennessee, told a liberal
radio network on Monday that the Obama White House encouraged him to defy
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on the $819 billion economic stimulus bill.
"Well, I probably shouldn't tell you this, but I actually got some quiet
encouragement from the Obama folks for what I'm doing," said Cooper, |
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