Why am I only reading of this in a relatively obscure Web posting on a moderately-read blog, rather than hearing it blasted DAILY from the lips of the likes of John Boehner, David Cantor, and Rep Ryan?
Something does not add up about the putative ‘Congressional Republicans.
“Why am I only reading of this in a relatively obscure Web posting on a moderately-read blog, rather than hearing it blasted DAILY from the lips of the likes of John Boehner, David Cantor, and Rep Ryan?”
Didn’t you get the memo?
Cant disagree there.
The current back and forth on this is :
Earlier this year Senate republicans allowed Os plan to extend tax cuts to $250K of income (for everyone) to proceed in the Senate and it passed <60 but more than 51.
So Reid is demanding a vote on that same bill in the House, assuming it would pass there with Dem votes.
Congressional Republicans like Boehner say that any tax bill must start in the House per the constitution, so they suggest Reid take the already passed House bill (extends all rates) and modify it with what they want (<=$250) , then pass it in Senate now and then send it back to the House. That could be the same Senate/Obama bill.
Reid refuses to do that because he knows this time Senate Rs will filibuster it this time, blocking it with 40+ then will call Reid out on his failure.
So Reid wont do anything now because he is using the failure of the House to pass the <=$1M bill to attack House Republicans and Boehner every day on the Senate floor blaming them for everything, and his failing to pass a bill (that he tried) himself would ruin that,
So Reid will do nothing and continue to blame Republicans, and we know they will get the blame for anything that goes bad.
My thoughts : No more Sharon Angles, or Romney's or Akin’s. ‘ Look at what we must listen to in Reid because NV Republicans nominated a nutbag. There was no reason to lose that race in a Republican sweep year 2010.
