Cooper Calls Rushed Stimulus Vote ‘an Abomination’
Rep. Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.) blasted congressional Democrats’ handling of the stimulus package last week, calling his own party’s rushing of the bill “an abomination.”
Cooper, a centrist Democrat and member of the Blue Dog coalition, supported the conference version of the stimulus bill after initially voting against the House version, but blasted Democratic leaders for rushing the bill through Congress.
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