Posted on 07/19/2009 9:22:11 PM PDT by Steelfish
JULY 20, 2009
Democrats' New Worry: Their Own Rich Voters
JONATHAN WEISMAN
A group of Democrats elected in recent years from some of the country's richest congressional districts have emerged as a stumbling block to raising taxes on the wealthy to pay for President Barack Obama's ambitious health-care overhaul just as the plan has begun to meet increasing resistance over its cost.
Friday, two freshmen representatives -- Dina Titus, from suburban Las Vegas, and Colorado's Jared Polis, representing Boulder, Vail and some of the tonier suburbs of Denver -- joined Republicans to vote against Mr. Obama's top-priority health-care overhaul when it faced a vote in their House Education and Labor Committee.
One reason was a one-percentage point-surtax on couples earning between $350,000 and $500,000 -- gradually increasing to 5.4 percentage points on earnings more than $1 million -- to pay for it.
The bill passed the committee anyway, but if the number of Democratic defectors grows it could pose a serious obstacle to the president.
Also on Friday a busload of freshmen Democrats went to the White House to plead their case against sharp tax increases with the president and his chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel.
The organizer was Rep. Gerald Connolly, the president of the freshman class whose Northern Virginia district is the richest in the U.S. as measured by median household income.
"There could come a time," said Rep. Michael McMahon, a freshman Democrat from New York City's borough of Staten Island, when Democrats are in open rebellion. "We will certainly see in the next few weeks where we are going."
Election gains in some of these affluent regions have helped give Democrats big majorities in the House and Senate.
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You are so right — ZERO’s expiration date is running out very rapidly!
LOL So are his alledged friends. But, of course, dictators have no friends.
Someone should do a picture of the long legged mac daddy and his czar pimps.
You have that right. Who is paying for the CZARS at $182,000 a pop plus the ten employees each? What budget does that fall under?
It’s too bad our Congress is fixed like we do our pets. Rahm and Pelosi crack that whip and they roll over on their backs like submissive pups.
I am sure if we uncovered the nearest rock; we would find that Obama has made sure we are paying for them.
Exactly! I couldn’t stand Carter but I detest ZERO and what he is doing — haver ZERO respect for ZERO. He is a fraud.
He’s a long legged mac daddy holding court over a bunch of fixed submissive pups peeing all over each other.
Did I miss anything? LOL
I live downtown in the P.R. of Boulder.
Called Polis’s office this AM and fawned all over the Congressman for standing up for small business, his committee vote & letter to Madame Pelosi.
Then I took a shower.
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