It isn’t.
The House GOP are correct in fighting for a one year deal.
It is Reid that likes endless short-term bills.
And Obama can’t make up his mind what he wants.
If you are going to kick cans down the road, at least kick them far enough so some measurable effect comes of it.
Pass a 2-month extension? What is that? In two months we are faced with exactly the same problem all over.
And don’t think this FICA payroll tax “reduction” wasn’t paid for. It was - with a little clause that places an additional fee on all new residential mortgages or refinances in excess of $200,000 that are to be closed after the start of the year. Just a little heads’-up on the sly things the Senate Democrats slipped into this bill they sent over to the House and DEMANDED it be passed.
The Republicans sent a one-year extension over to the Senate, but it was shot down immediately. If Harry Reid really wanted to get out of Washington before Christmas, he woud have worked with that bill instead of posturing and demagoguing about giving the Republicans credit.