Dems: Republicans Don't Need to See the Final Porkulus Bill

There's a delay in the final vote on the Porkulus Bill in the House (from CongressDaily):

The House will not vote on the $790 billion economic stimulus package today, a spokesman for Speaker Pelosi said this morning. The delay, which was not explained, casts doubt on the ability of Congress to deliver the bill to President Obama by Friday and could delay the start of the Presidents Day recess. Pelosi also delayed a news conference that had been scheduled for this morning until 3 p.m. The announcement came as House Republicans complained on the floor that they had not seen the text of the conference agreement. Rep. Jack Kingston, R-Ga., complained this morning on the House floor that lawmakers were being asked to vote, sight unseen, on "the largest single bill in the history of Congress." Some Democratic lawmakers fired back that Republicans didn't need to see the bill anyway, since none of them voted for the stimulus when it moved through the House the first time and would probably stand in opposition.

I hope they'll stand in opposition, and I hope they'll insist on seeing the final bill before they do.

What would be really fun is if in the Senate they require the entire bill to be read into the record as they did on the immigration bill. That would suck up a couple of days.