- On the stimulus, Obama said to congress that we HAVE to vote and sign this bill into law immediately. Republicans wanted time to read the over 1,400 page bill, but Obama and liberals accused Republicans of stalling a much needed bill.
- On the Cap and Trade bill, Obama and Dems again didn't allow this bill to be debated, as Reid and Pelosi and their majorities shot this idea down.
- On the health care reform, Obama said the time for talking is over and the time for passing a bill is "now".
Obama, Nov 20, 2004: "When you rush these budgets that are a foot high and nobody has any idea what's in them and nobody has read them...... And it gets rushed through without any clear deliberation or debate then these kinds of things happen. And I think that this is in some ways what happened to the Patriot Act. I mean you remember that there was no real debate about that. It was so quick after 9/11 that it was introduced that people felt very intimidated by the administration. "
