Matt Corley has a post up over at Think Progress about Nelson's recent comments to the Washington Post about President Obama's Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Program that passed the House earlier this week. Apparently, Nelson is worried about some facets of the bill including providing $13 billion in Pell grants for students. He believes that they are "worthy" projects but shouldn't belong in the reinvestment program.
Yeah, because it's hard to understand how investing in college kids would improve the economy. That's a real barn burner.
Earlier today, President Obama released state by state job improvement numbers should the Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Program be implemented. According to the figures, Nebraska would see an employment boom of 19,220 jobs or a -1.3% drop in the unemployment rate.
Those numbers alone make the program worthy of support.
I'd love to put something in this diary telling you to "Call Senator Nelson and demand he vote for the bill!" but it wouldn't have any effect. Honestly I think Nelson is toeing that line yet again in order to shore up support amongst conservatives in Nebraska. It's no different than earlier this week when Nelson voted "yea" on a killer amendment on the SCHIP bill -- it's all for show because last night Nelson voted for SCHIP.
To be honest with you, I'm no longer bothered by Nelson's "moderation" in the Senate. What irks me is the show that he puts on when important pieces of legislation hit the floor. It's getting real old.
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