[klute]

Well, I hate to say it, but they are right. The way that the House handled this made them look like real idiots.

[muawiyah]

Not really. The House voted for a one year cut. The Senate voted for a 1/6 year cut.

The average guy out there who is going to have to pay the tax sees it that way ~ and what's he going to get out of it?

There's going to be no Social Security benefit for the overwhelming majority of those charged FICA today.

The Democrats actually think the general public is concerned with SS ~ that time has come and GONE. They are very much concerned with their take home pay ~ if they are working.

Did you realize this is not an issue at all for the 20 million young people who are now into their fourth year of unemployment!

[Terry Mross]

Oh, how I hate agreeing with mccain. But I don’t understand why extending it for two months now then extending it for a year when the two months are up is a bad thing. Is it worth fighting for at Christmas? The republicans just can’t figure out where to pick their battles. Could it be the elites want to help obama win? The elites got obama elected in the first place.

[God luvs America]

explain please...

[kabar]

There are a lot of questions. Why didn't McConnell coordinate this with the House, which had already passed its bill? Did Boehner initiate any contact with McConnell? Did Boehner agree to the Senate solution only to find that his own troops disagreed with it?

I wouldn't assign sole blame to the House. The Senate hasn't passed a budget in over two year. They passed their bill and left town without any thought of a conference committee. Essentially, it was a take it or leave proposition with the House holding the bag. Why should the House defer to the Senate? There are many differences between the two bills. It is not just about two months versus a year. McCain, Lugar, and Brown are not exactly conservatives.