"Theatrical"

Backroom negotiations are trying to cut out some of the not-so-economically-stimulating pieces of the stimulus bill. It seems like there's a lot can that can be cut. On the floor of the senate, people are getting feisty. My favorite part:

Moments later, Senator Barbara Boxer, Democrat of California, interrupted Mr. Graham saying she wanted to ask a question, but in fact she wanted to chastise him for waving around a copy of the bill. “Theatrical,” she exclaimed. “Did you do that when George Bush was president and he sent down a bill twice as big as that? Did you ever do that? You can do that. That’s theatrics. You can do that.”

NYTimes