As for Shelby here are the facts...he held up the nominations because he wanted 2 pet projects for his state worht tens of millions of dollars. When the press found out he suddenly changed his mind. Here is a guy who preaches too much gov't until it comes to the money.
As for the stimulus,the repubs were not going to vote for it even if it was one sentence. Before the bill was written they had stated they would not be voting for any stimulus package.As I stated in an earlier post Eric Cantor the minority whip said "just say no,they will not support the Presidents agenda".
Those are the facts.
I'll give you another fact. 7 senate repubs co-sponsered a bill for a bi-partisan commision to try to balance the budget. When it came to a floor vote they voted against it.Please explain that.
Another fact. Obama went to see the repubs on their turf to try and get some bipartisanship going. He answered all their questions,even blamed democrats for some of the problems. What happened? Fact..nothing.