The Hill reports today on the passage of “Stimulus II”. The pressure being brought to bear to keep Democrats in line is increasing, as are the huge debt and deficits our children will inherit.

The House narrowly passed Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) $174 billion jobs bill Wednesday, only after Pelosi and other party leaders yelled, pleaded and cajoled reluctant Democrats worried over deficit spending.

The vote was 217-212. No Republicans voted for the bill, and 38 Democrats voted against it.

Had 38 Republicans broken with their party to vote for anything, the media would call it “a bipartisan effort”, but of course “bipartisan opposition to the Democrats’ spending plans”is unlikely to get mentioned by the media.