Posted on 02/10/2005 9:58:24 AM PST by Deadeye Division
Voinovich opposes Bush effort to make tax cuts permanent
Ohioan threatens 'no' vote on budget
By ANN McFEATTERS
BLADE WASHINGTON BUREAU CHIEF
WASHINGTON - President Bush's demand that Congress make his 2001 and 2003 tax cuts permanent is meeting with stiff resistance among some Republicans, including Sen. George Voinovich (R., Ohio), who yesterday became the first Republican to announce he will vote against the President's budget if necessary.
Mr. Bush made his strongest pitch yet for more tax cuts in a speech to the Detroit Economic Club on Tuesday. To a solid round of applause, he said, "The tax relief we passed lowered all tax rates on people who pay taxes. Yet, in 2011, those tax rates are scheduled to go back up. If Congress fails to act, taxes on dividends and capital gains will also go up, and the child credit will be reduced, and the death tax will come back to life.
"Allowing these scheduled tax increases to take effect - allowing taxes to go back up would only discourage growth and cost this country jobs and reduce paychecks. The United States Congress needs to make the tax relief permanent."
Less than 24 hours later, Mr. Voinovich said he has told the White House he will do whatever he can to block the President on tax cuts, include voting against the entire budget. He also delivered a shot across the White House bow by saying the President is wrong to push for Social Security changes this year and denounced some of the President's spending cuts as ill-advised.
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Traitorous
Denny Crane: "There are two places to find the truth. First God and then Fox News."
RINO alert
This is why I stop giving my money to the RNC. i give instead to the President's fund or individual Republicans.
Calling all Ohio Freepers, time for action!
When's he up for re-election?
My guess is that some of his beloved pork is being eliminated in this budget.
He's a RINO plain and simple. Always has been.
Any time you hear that from a Congrssman, you can bet he means that it would hinder his own reelection and he could give a hoot if it is the best thing for the country.
You guys gotta go after this one.
It seems that 95% of the state's so-called Republican leadership are RINO trash.
Unfortunately he was just re-elected in '04. I didn't vote for him, because I know he is a RINO, he won in a cakewalk anyway.
We would be better off with democrat senators than the two we have at least then we could get rid of them.
Failing election challenges you are going to have to put pressure on him. Wouldn't hurt if Blackwell runs a campaign on this and takes aim at Voinovich.
And now the bad news for the RINO coalition. . .There are now 55 Republicans, 50 of which will make the cuts permanent.
Dusty rhodes would probably be better in that position
than Voinovich.Another worthless RINO.
It's time to toss Mr. Voinovich overboard.
If the repubs put voinoswitch and dewiner up again I will vote Dem.
Good idea. Your vote is not an "entitlement program" for a political party. Years ago, I became disgusted with the Republicans and became a Libertarian. I still voted for George W. Bush in the last election, because he had earned my vote.
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