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NJ Hall of Fame: let's have Dana Owens a.k.a. Queen Latifah! Or is she already there?

The plan is called the Economic Recovery bill, not the Stimulus bill, therefore it should include the foundation of economic proposals Obama promised. Please reread Obama's Inaugual Address. Anyway, it is self-evident that the Republican proposals do not work and they spent much more money on useless tax cuts to people and businesses that did not need them. The majority of people have learned this the hard way, hopefully the remaining people will learn it too.

Janny, I am with you on this. My property taxes just went up here in Kingston. The value of the house just went down because of the collapse of the real estate market. In addition, school taxes continue to rise and my salary doesn't...... What is the stimulus going to do for people like us? I cannot kept underwriting the State debt or city debt.

Where are green technologies in this bill? Giving Americans tax cuts as a stimulus depends on them spending this money, which is what got us in trouble in the first place! The chance that Americans will save this money defeats its purpose, even though it is encouraging to see average Americans are tired of holding up the economy with spending. Why can't Congress craft a bill that would help create jobs and wealth by creating industry? namely green technology? I just don't understand, why are we sooo stuck on old patterns?

Isn't it amazing that a week after Gillibrand has been in office, her Senate web page STILL has no way to contact her by e-mail for comments on the recovery bill (or anything else). You'd think she'd get this up immediately. Instead, she maintains her campaign web site, but I don't want to contact her that way. Just wonder what her commitment is to the public, given her ties to hacks like O'Connell, Corning & D'Amato.

Barney Frank is god.

I live in Jersey City, and my property taxes just went up *alot*. What about those of us who bought houses within our means, but are being strangled by ever-increasing property taxes?

Why is Brian accepting the Republican explanation for lack of support as factual or truthful?

Republicans want Obama to fail: that's plain enough. Some of them are even brazen enough to say so. They'll do everything to weaken the bill, and then refuse to vote for it anyway.

Haven't we see this before?

Haven't Republicans strategically beaten the Dem's with the "Shovel-Ready" language, because we want it fast, but transporation projects take time? Any spending that gets to people quickly, like arts or healthcare funding, is derided as pork.

Is there any plan on the part of the Democratic leadership in challenging Republican's claims that additional tax cuts for corporations will create jobs?