
When House Appropriations Committee chairman David Obey, the Wisconsin Democrat who has long championed investment in pandemic preparation, included roughly $900 million for that purpose in this year's emergency stimulus bill, he was ridiculed by conservative operatives and congressional Republicans.
GOP Know-Nothings Fought Pandemic Preparedness
Rove mocked spending on flu preparedness
Karl Rove ridiculing the Democrats in the Wall St. Journal: Democrats Try Trickle-Down Economics. Growing government won't stimulate the real economy.
History of the Know-Nothing Party

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CIA ‘Whistleblower’ Told Hastert About Suppression of Harman Wiretap
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Flight of the Conchords - Cheer Up, Murray
