Posted on 12/20/2011 2:29:05 PM PST by ColdOne
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) said Tuesday that President Obama "absolutely" should use his executive power to continue the unemployment benefits and payroll tax cut extension and said she hoped to discuss the option with the White House later in the day.
"It is extraordinary, don't get me wrong. But I'm feeling the pain of the constituents I left [at] home," Jackson Lee said, speaking on the progressive Ed Schultz's radio show. "I consider this a crisis. I consider leaving Americans without unemployment insurance for January and February a crime. I consider not extending the payroll tax cut ... a crime."
Jackson Lee slammed the move by House Republicans to call for a House-Senate conference as a "ridiculous procedural calamity."
House Republicans called for a vote on the motion Tuesday, which passed without any Democrat votes.
"This is what got thrown in our face, not even the right to regular order," Jackson Lee said, blasting House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) for not bringing to a House vote a Senate-passed bill that would have extended the payroll tax cut for two months.
"I hope Speaker Boehner will put aside the special-interest shackles, the backsliding, backstepping of his caucus," she said.
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
Her own party wants to “cut” the year’s extension of the payroll tax cut to only the first two months of next year “””
That cut for ONLY 2 months applies to ONLY the first $18,350 of earnings.
High earning individuals would immediately go back to 6.2% FICA when they hit that threshold. If a CEO makes a million $$$ a year, he/she hits that threshold in the first WEEK’s paycheck. $1,000,000 divided by 52 == $19,230.77!!!!
There is absolutely no main channel that is telling the truth about what passed in the Senate.
I don’t think this Lee woman can pass the 51-50 mental test.
All this fuss over $1,000 a year payroll tax cut when the average family “”
It is actually a cut in the amount you are placing in your name for your future Social Security retirement income.
The $1000 figure represents an annual income gross of $50,000.
Sure would like to know how many Americans are making that these days.
Makes you wonder what the extra 17.2% “is”???
My take is they are either dead people, or Katrina refugees that refused to go back home...
Too bad Ms. Lee doesn't comprehend the irony.
You heard correctly...
lol
i didn’t take the time to find out what the extra is like you did... but i wonder if this overage is similar to the % of votes tallied in home district?
he he he
If Boner had a brain, he would just pass a bill to give everyone $5000.00 Christmas gift, the dare the president to veto it. The money doesn’t matter anymore we don’t have it in any case.
We could start our own crisis, and have a little fun as a bonus.
{These people want a dictator!! }
Yes they do, they are being very Biblical, give us a king to rule over us, then we shall do all that you command.
Notice Matt Damon crying that he would rather have a one term president that got things done.........
My life long best friend now passed would let me tick off a list of things that the democrat party fought hard for, and he disagreed with every one of them, I would point that out, he would shrug and vote Democratic. You can’t reach everyone, some of the depression era feelings seems to be part of the DNA.
You can thank the RINO leadership for the Sanchez girls. They let Loretta steal B1 Bomber Bob’s seat. Traitors, all of them.
They get all the instructions they need to get wealthy at your expense, so what would be the point, they are not their for your benefit anyway.
Under our system, it is important that Congressmen reflect their constituents.
I had never even imagined something that bizarre.
Everyone who voted for this ass-hat should be extremely embarrassed, and rightly so...
WHO let her out of the JUNGLE???
Her district is not as run down or “hood-ish” as some may think...A fellow FReeper friend of ours used to live in her district “Humblegunner” IIRC, and he ended up moving out...
But not because of her...But its a good bet, possibly, hehehe...
bfl
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