House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called lawmakers back to Washington from  Summer Recess last week after the Senate broke a GOP filibuster that paved the way for the bill’s passage.

The bill is meant to provide both teacher and Medicaid funding to the states.

Democrats and Obama administration officials claim that the package is paid for and will not add to the deficit. The bill, which the Democrats will ram down our throats once again, allows the ‘Rats to brag about saving tens of thousands of teachers and other government workers from being laid off before the start of the school year, and before the November election. 

In other words, the bill is a bribe to secure voters.

 Education Secretary Arne Duncan told Fox News on Monday:

This bill … will help keep 160,000 teachers around the country in the classroom as we start school the next couple weeks rather than on the unemployment line. 

But the fact that San Fran Nan and Arne evidently don’t care about, is that this vote takes members of Congress off the campaign trail to vote for yet another multibillion-dollar aid bill.   Republicans are quick to take the opportunity to use the looming vote as the latest example of Washington’s addiction to spending, something they claim they’ll put a stop to if they win back the majority in Congress. 

 Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels told “Fox News Sunday”:

It amounts at this point in time to asking the citizens of responsible states like ours to subsidize those places who have been more reckless.  It’s probably not going to help the economy. 

The bill is “paid for” with a cut to food stamps benefits and a tax increase on some multinational companies based in the United States. House Minority Leader John Boehner said those the provisions in the jobs bill would have an adverse effect.   Boehner said the vote just shows how oblivious Democrats are to concerns about spending. 

Boehner said last week:

The American people don’t want more Washington ‘stimulus’ spending — especially in the form of a payoff to union bosses and liberal special interests.  This stunning display of tone-deafness comes at the expense of American workers, who will be hit by another job-killing tax hike because Washington Democrats can’t kick their addiction to more government ‘stimulus’ spending. Democrats should be listening to their constituents. 

We’re taking money from feeding poor kids so middle class teachers don’t have to look for jobs.

Gov. McDonnell said on CNN’s “State of the Union”:

I think it has to end soon because the federal government is running out of money .  We cannot continue to have all of the states rely on the federal government. 

Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm disagrees.  She said that while the states do need to make cuts, the funding in the $26 billion package is necessary: 

This is not for bureaucracy. This is for people — real people who need real help out here. And this bill was entirely funded. 

From where, Governor?  The orchard of money trees behind the White House?

The state that will profit the most from the bill is California.  The state is set to receive $1.2 billion for education. The amount is projected to save up to 16,500 teacher jobs. 

With California and other states still begging for Federal money to bail them out of horrendous budget shortfalls, many lawmakers saw the congressional package as a way to boost their re-election campaigns.  Sen. Barbara (Call me Ma’am) Boxer, D-Calif., said in a written statement that the money comes “just in time” for the start of the school year. 

Just in time for her upcoming re-election battle, she means.   Ever since Barack Hussein Obama (Peace be upon him.), ascended to his throne, Congress has been spending like Michelle Obama on vay-cay.  And, unfortunately, it’s not going to get any better.  When these losers are voted out of office in November, the fiscal irresponsibility of their lame duck session will be the stuff of legend for decades to come.  On the bright side though, San Fran Nan and her bunch have given me an idea.  Let’s move Congress next door to the proposed Ground Zero Mosque.  The Muslims would never build it, then.  Too much Pork.

Sources:  foxnews.com, dailycaller.com, radioactiveliberty.com