Comments about ‘Bennett, lawmakers spar over 'stimulus’

Bennett slipped a 50 Million $$$ project into the bill while voting against it. A sly method of having it both ways. 'voted against it' while 'watching out for the State'. What a farce. Did this bald nutcase even read the bill before voting?

Good on Sen. Valentine for calling him out on the difference between "stimulus" and "spending."

Bennett has become a creature of Washington, not of Utah. The Democrats are being nice to him because they see him as a spineless RINO who they may be able to get to vote with them.

Watch him try to have it both ways on the deceptive "Utah 4th seat in exchange for a DC seat" bill. He knows it will pass if it reaches the floor, where he will vote against it. (I hope anyway!) However, he will vote for cloture "so it can be debated" even though voting against cloture would be a chance to stop this bad and unconstitutional bill.

Bennett needs a primary challenge.

Mark Shurtleff, John Valentine, Gary Herbert, Rob Bishop, even Jason Chaffetz should step up and take him out in the Convention, or in a primary. If not, I will NEVER vote for BENNETT again. No more RINOs!

Hey Brigham. It was a 1077 page bill that the Democrats didn't post online until only 8 hours before the vote. Do you think you'd have time to read it? How long would it take you to read 1077 pages, even if your name was Evelyn Wood? This points out the terrible process the Democrats (who run both House and Senate) are using on this. Don't blame Bennett for the terrible Democratic process. I'm glad he got a mere pittance of the$800 billion bill for Utah. It beats the $50 million Nancy Pelosi got in the bill for an "endangered'" rat around San Fransisco Bay!

What did Hatch, Bennett, Chaffez, and Bishop have to say about the recent "stimulus package" or "spending package"? The author of the article must have thought the readers would be interested in the package's name than what specificly the Senators and Representatives had to say about it. Do our Utah Senators and Representatives at Washington support the bill, now that it is law? Or will they continue to be non-supportive and remain tied to the Republican Party's non-support, "It won't work", "We are against anything Democrate", and etc? I have voted Republican most of my life. But, I have learned that when our country is hurting, it needs... it requires... everyone's support to reach success. Our Utah Senators and Representatives need to start sounding and showing support, not partisian non-support.

Of course a stimulus package is a spending bill. How else would it "stimulate" the downward spiral? Duh?

What a bunch of doubletalk...

Bennett is porkster. He wears his pork like a badge of honor. Running around the state saying, "look how much bacon I brought home vote for me." But he forgets that there are 98 other Senators doing the same thing for their own respective states and Utah comes out on the bad end of the deal. And the voters know it.

Serves him right that his $50 Billion pork amendment to Obama's stimulus bill got cut at the last second by Pelosi and Reid.

He tried to get some credit for adding more pork to that bill only to be shown as a has-been powerless member of the minority party when it was all said and done.

Here's a tip Bob, next time stick to Republican principles of fiscal responsibility.

It's time for a change.

This nation needs a constitutional ammendment that will institute term limits for all of Congress, just like the President. These dinosaurs need to be put in the ground for future oil reserves.

yes, term limit Congress and the bureaucrats become even more powerful than they are now. Let's let career BLM, IRS, Social Security, VA, EPA, etc. career bureaucrats run the show for a bunch of wet-behind-the-ears-congressman who can't even find the bathrooms for at least two years. Mr. Freedom comment boy - we already have term limits - when the citizens don't approve of a representatives performance they vote him out - ask Chris Cannon, ask Karen Shepherd, as Merrill Cook, ask Bill Orton, ask, Frank Moss - they all got beat. The will of the people has elected Senator Bennett - if the will of the people don't approve they can choose someone else. I, for one, want the chance to choose my Senators and my Representatives without any false deadlines. For some Congressman one term is too many and for others ten terms may not be enough - I wish Jim Hansen was still in the House but he got tired of it and quit after 22 years. Just go vote your choice and let me vote mine. May the best candidate win.