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Retiring Sen. George Voinovich to oppose any extension of Bush-era tax cuts
WaPo ^
| 12/06/2010
| Felicia Sonmez
Posted on 12/06/2010 12:59:16 PM PST by OldDeckHand
Ohio Republican Sen. George Voinovich is planning to oppose legislation that extends any of the Bush-era tax cuts, becoming the first senator to state his opposition to any extension even as the White House and congressional leaders are expected to reach a deal on the issue this week.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: economy; georgevoinovich; oh; ohio; senator; taxes; voinovich
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To: carton253
'According to his office, Voinovich has not released any statement on the Bush Tax Cuts." That's hardly a denial. All that says is he hasn't released a statement, yet.
To: OldDeckHand
Another elitist bites the dust. Boo-hoo.
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posted on
12/06/2010 1:12:37 PM PST
by
Huskrrrr
To: OldDeckHand
Why oh why is this crybaby still around?
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posted on
12/06/2010 1:12:48 PM PST
by
Grunthor
(I hope this one pleases you.)
To: OldDeckHand
What a disappointment.
He makes a good point about tax reform - long overdue.
Scary times...
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posted on
12/06/2010 1:13:35 PM PST
by
eleni121
(Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise ye princes, and prepare the shield)
To: OldDeckHand
His office said he hadn’t made up his mind. So, instead of carping on this thread, give his office a call and let him know where you stand.
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posted on
12/06/2010 1:13:48 PM PST
by
carton253
(Ask me about The Stainless Banner - a free e-zine dedicated to the armies of the Confederacy.)
To: carton253
I say let them fail and fix them next year....If Obama wants higher taxes lets have the fight...He would be toast in 2012 after raising taxes...
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posted on
12/06/2010 1:19:42 PM PST
by
Hojczyk
To: carton253
someone tell his office it is...TAX RATES! TAX RATES!! TAX RATES!! TAX RATES!! TAX RATES!! TAX RATES!! TAX RATES!!
To: OldDeckHand
What did they call Bob Dole? The tax collector for the Welfare State? Looks like the crown has been passed.
To: Cicero
I think he may be trying to get back at Obama, whom he probably blames for his defeat.
Not even close. Voiny did not run for re-election. It was an open seat and Rob Portman (R) HANDILY beat Lee Fisher (D). Voiny did not even like the tax cuts when they were legislated:
Voinovich standing firm on $350 billion tax-cut limit - APRIL 28, 2003
Despite a presidential visit to his state and a presidential admonition against "a little, bitty tax-relief package," Sen. George Voinovich, R-Ohio vowed Sunday to stand firm on limiting a tax cut to $350 billion.
"You got it. And anybody that knows George Voinovich knows that when I say something I mean it," the moderate Republican told NBC's Meet the Press.
President Bush originally proposed more than $700 billion in new tax cuts, including the elimination of the tax on dividends. The House trimmed the package to $550 billion, which the Bush administration said it could work with.
But in the Senate, Voinovich and Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, refused to support any tax cut of more than $350 billion. Together with Republican Sens. Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island and John McCain of Arizona, who oppose tax cuts of any size, they have helped Democrats block Bush from getting his full package passed.
Bush promoted his tax plan in speeches last week in the Ohio cities of Canton and Lima, in other words, in Voinovich's political back yard.
"It's been interpreted as one of (Bush) coming to Ohio to try and pressure me to support 550 (billion-dollar tax cut) when he knows that I'm locked in at 350 (billion dollars)," Voinovich said. "I think the timing of it made it look bad, in terms of his trying to put some pressure on me. I don't believe that's what he had in mind, but it certainly has been interpreted that way in our state."
Voinovich said a $550 billion cut would be "fiscally irresponsible ... with the debt we're carrying and the uncertainty -- we really don't know yet how much more the Iraq war costs."
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posted on
12/06/2010 1:23:03 PM PST
by
Eagle of Liberty
(formally known as Kerretarded....I changed my name)
To: carton253
According to his office, Voinovich has not released any statement on the Bush Tax Cuts.
Will be calling as well.
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posted on
12/06/2010 1:24:51 PM PST
by
Eagle of Liberty
(formally known as Kerretarded....I changed my name)
To: biggredd1
someone tell his office I think that is a job for biggredd1.
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posted on
12/06/2010 1:30:25 PM PST
by
carton253
(Ask me about The Stainless Banner - a free e-zine dedicated to the armies of the Confederacy.)
To: OldDeckHand
Every passing day left to this poisonous Congress in which the loathsome Dems are stopped from further treason, the better, I say!
To: OldDeckHand
I really can’t wait until he is replaced by Portman!
To: OldDeckHand
Why is this a suprise?? He’s one of the people that caused them to have to expire in the first place.
To: Eagle of Liberty
Well, it’s just speculation. But why didn’t Voinovitch run for re-election? Presumably because even a jerk like him realized that he was unlikely to get back in. Like many others, he let himself get sucked too far to the left because he mistakenly thought that was the popular thing to do.
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posted on
12/06/2010 2:56:05 PM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius.)
To: OldDeckHand
BUSH TAX CUTS WIN.
OBAMA TAX HIKES LOSE.
Now get out!
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posted on
12/06/2010 3:12:25 PM PST
by
TribalPrincess2U
(demonicRATS= Obama's Mosque, taxes, painful death. Is this what you want?)
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