Senate GOP Kills Wasteful Spending Bill

Harry Reid tried to sneak a ban on oil shale development into an economic stimulus bill, but the bill was shot down by the Senate GOP:

The Senate on Friday blocked a $56.2 billion economic stimulus package that would have extended unemployment benefits, increased food aid and funded new construction projects to create jobs.

The 52-42 vote fell short of the 60 votes needed in the 100-member Senate for Democrats to clear a Republican procedural hurdle and move toward passage of the bill, which backers said would give the ailing U.S. economy a needed boost.

The House of Representatives plans to consider a slightly different stimulus package as soon as Friday afternoon but chances of any stimulus bill becoming law appear slim as the White House has threatened a veto.

The bill would have kept in place a ban on development of domestic oil shale deposits that expires next week.

Why? What possible benefit to the American economy would it have been to ban the development of our own energy resources?

Harry Reid is an idiot.