Posted on 01/07/2007 8:31:46 PM PST by FairOpinion
One of the first key procedural votes in the Democrat-controlled House last week established legislative rules that Republicans say will make it easier to raise taxes by a simple majority vote.
The straight party-line vote received little attention Thursday as Rep. Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, was elected speaker of the House. But Republican leaders and conservative tax-cut advocates said it opened up a huge loophole in a Republican-imposed rule drawn from the Republicans' 1994 Contract with America, which requires a supermajority, or three-fifths vote, to raise taxes.
Democrats unanimously voted down a motion offered by Minority Leader John A. Boehner of Ohio that would have prevented them from waiving the rule, a move that tax-cutters said signaled the Democrats' intention to raise taxes between now and the 2008 elections.
"American taxpayers need to hold on to their wallets because the new House rules concerning taxes are not worth the paper they're written on," said Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform (ATR).
"After spending an entire year on the campaign trail claiming she will not raise taxes, the first vote Nancy Pelosi brings to the floor for a vote as speaker will open the door to billions and billions of dollars of tax increases over the next two years," Mr. Norquist said.
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Good. Let them raise taxes, and then claim in '08 that they didn't.
"Bi-partisanship" my a--!
Yeah. The blowhards tell me there's no difference between dems and Republicans. Right.
Why is anyone surprised by this. Thank you again cut and run republicans.
Scintillating, brilliant, incandescent hubris on display.
This can not be said enough.
Republicans did this.
"After spending an entire year on the campaign trail claiming she will not raise taxes, the first vote Nancy Pelosi brings to the floor for a vote as speaker will open the door to billions and billions of dollars of tax increases over the next two years," Mr. Norquist said.
1. Is anyone REALLY surprised at this? Democrats never met a tax increase that they didn't like.
2. This is what the people wanted and this is what the people get. You get what you vote for. You vote for crap, you get crap, so the "people" who voted for this better not complain to me one bit because this is what they wanted after all.
What a surprise.
Come to think of it, I believe this is the firs thread here on the topic.
Yes, all it takes is a simple majority now, but it is not surprising that the Dem's changed back to their usual mode of government operation.
Tax and Spend.....
This impending tax hike brought to you by the "Conservative" voters who wanted to send Bush a message because the only thing he did that they liked was cut taxes.
Thank you for saying it. I second it. Thank you stay at home whiny punish the GOP conservative voters because your pet project was not being handled how you wanted it. May the tax increases take money from your pocket that you really needed. Maybe next time you will look at the big picture. Thanks for punishing those of us that saw the train coming down the track and tried to avoid this soon to be nightmare.
Hey you're welcome! I love paying taxes, I do, I do Sam I am!
This coming from liberal Republican removes much credibility to your statement.
- plewis1250
It is unbelievable that this is only reported by the Washington Times, to my knowledge at least.
1. I'm not a liberal republican, and seeing how I've never heard of you, I don't know where you can get off making such a judgment about me.
2. Your erroneous perception of my politics doesn't change the truth of my statement.
Thank the GOPers who refused to follow a conservative platform... the one they were elected on in the first place. This is THEIR fault for LYING.
The soon to be nightmare was brought on by the RINOs that have been up there for so long...
Period.
Once you abandon your principles in order to maintain power, you are no different than a Democrat.
- plewis1250
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