Boehner’s Burden (Let the Arm Twisting Begin)

National Review ^

[Windy City Conservative]

The House will take up “Plan B,” Speaker Boehner’s fiscal-cliff proposal, on Thursday. It’s a critical vote for Republicans. If it passes, the Senate and the White House will be pressured to either support it or amend it, especially if the ongoing debt talks continue to stall. If it fails, Boehner’s negotiating power will be diminished. If he can’t sway his caucus on a simple measure to extend tax rates for those making less than $1 million, Democrats doubt he’d be able to whip a broader deal.

Behind the scenes, Boehner is hustling to woo his increasingly uneasy colleagues. House leaders are huddling with backbenchers, assuaging their concerns and urging them to support the rule. Politico reported on Wednesday that due to the close whip count, Boehner is considering adding spending cuts to the Plan B package, in the hopes of winning more conservative support.

[SaraJohnson]

Well, Rand Paul has been uppity with the Rinos and pissed them off. So he’s not all bad.

Better than most of the empty head nodders in the Senate. He’s knows when to play ‘em and when to hold ‘em, imho. Hopefully, he’ll do better in effecting change than his dad who digressed into a mind rut of libertarian insanity.

Conservatives are a rariety in the Senate.

[sickoflibs]

Like I said, you vote against this bill and you are raising my and everyone I know’s taxes.
I have had it with these nut bags who got O re-elected and gave Dems seats in both houses by pressing stupid stuff like raising taxes on us 99.5% (ME) over the 0.2%, who still won’t get a automatic tax increase on their first $1M under this bill.

Support Obama and Pelosi on this and I will know what you are up to. They are having the laugh of their life,