Boehner, during House session, showboats for C-SPAN cameras by tossing Stimulus Bill on floor

A simple "nay" vote wasn't enough for Republican Congressman John Boehner this afternoon, as the $787 billion stimulus package headed toward passage: While speaking before C-SPAN cameras, the House leader had to toss all 1,073 pages of the bill onto the august chamber's floor in disgust.

Holding a massive white stack of paper in his hand, Boehner registered his disdain -- shared by every other Republican House member, all of whom voted against the bill -- by noting that no one has read it.

"Here I have 1,100 pages not one member of this body has read. Not one. There may be a staffer in the Appropriations Committee that read all of this last night. Not one member's read this," Boehner said. "What happened to the promise that we're going to let the American people see what's in this bill for 48 hours?"

President Obama's Democratic allies powered the bill to a 246-183 victory, but not one of the president's Republican critics broke ranks to support the measure, as attention shifted to a likely Senate vote late in the day.

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