Charleston, SC - Bipartisanship falls by the wayside as the stimulus debate rages on.

Congressman James Clyburn and Henry Brown, two men from opposite sides of the aisle, with different views on the stimulus package.

Brown, the Republican says the stimulus missed the mark, but Clyburn believes the package is exactly what the country needs.

Record unemployment, dwindling sales, and lack of confidence in the U.S. financial markets are looming issues facing lawmakers from Columbia to Washington.

Democratic Congressman James Clyburn, a staunch supporter of the recovery plan, says restoring the integrity of the credit market is job one.

“You can’t just be spending you have to be able to borrow, if you aren't borrowing money or lending money, credit is what makes this system go,” he said.

On the GOP side, Congressman Henry Brown voted against the $787 billion plan. He says the package is a lost opportunity; only $29 billion will be spent to improve roads and highways across the country.

“I believe we got to people back to work, we got to give them jobs, we got to give them hope, we got to give businesses and banking an opportunity to get back to business again that’s what its about,” he said.

Brown says there has been very little compromise between the two parties in Washington.

“They don’t need us to be quite honest, they have the majority, that’s the way the process works, whatever the agenda is, they can send it through the pipeline,” he said.

Clyburn argues that is not the case, he says President Obama reached out to Republicans on a number of occasions, only to be rejected.

Congressman Henry Brown says parts of the stimulus package will deliver some relief, but overall, he believes its just too much government spending.

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