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Cheney Breaks Tie, Senate Passes Nickles Amendment
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Posted on 05/15/2003 4:25:21 PM PDT by William McKinley
Just saw. The Senate voted 51-50, with Cheney casting the tie-breaking vote, to pass the Nickles amendment which reinstitutes to the budget, for a period of three years, the elimination of double taxation on dividends.
TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bigtime; bushtaxcuts; cheney; dividendtax; senate
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To: William McKinley
John Breaux is an a###hole
I know him well
To: William McKinley
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posted on
05/15/2003 7:05:54 PM PDT
by
nwrep
To: Tuxedo
He like his dad is all about getting relected. That makes him a self-serving Democrat, as far as I am concerned.
George Stefanopolus exemplified the mindset of the Dems when he expressed astonishment at the House Republicans' decision to continue the impeachment proceedings against Clinton despite staggering poll numbers favoring Clinton.
He said "THEY DON'T GET IT." But George S is the one who didn't get it. The Republican position--which is also the position of the Constitution's Framers!--is that the Senator is supposed to do what is right NO MATTER WHAT THE POLLS SAY.
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posted on
05/15/2003 7:07:14 PM PDT
by
the_doc
To: the_doc
Exactly... the sad thing though is that we have Chaffee, who usually rebels against the GOP, from a liberal state, yet, we have liberal RAT senators from conservative states like South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana, South Carolina, Louisiana, New Mexico, and Indiana.
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posted on
05/15/2003 7:11:09 PM PDT
by
Tuxedo
To: Tuxedo
Yeah, it's weird.
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posted on
05/15/2003 7:22:49 PM PDT
by
the_doc
To: William McKinley
Senators rejected a Democratic amendment to repeal a 1993 tax increase on Social Security benefits by 51-49 vote along party lines after Republicans complained the measure would explode the cost of the bill and force removal of other components, such as the dividend tax cuts. I LOVE this part... The Dems couldn't pass that tax in 1993 without Al Gore's very first tie-breaking vote. That IS Al Gore's tax on the elderly... and now they're beggin to repeal it... and are one vote shy.
Let's see, the Dem Veep's first tie-breaking vote was to tax the elderly, and the GOP Veep's first tie-breaking vote is to eliminate double-taxation of dividends. I wonder who the American populace will appreciate more come the next election?
To: William McKinley
Is that Ben Nelson from D-NE because he actually should walk across the aisle as he seems to regularly vote for the Bush agenda.
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posted on
05/15/2003 7:43:49 PM PDT
by
PhiKapMom
(Bush/Cheney 2004)
Comment #108 Removed by Moderator
To: My2Cents
Not only did Al Gore drop out of divinity school, he flunked out of the Electoral College.
L-O-L!!! And he also tried to pass off a fake diploma stating he graduated from the Electoral College too!
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posted on
05/15/2003 8:41:59 PM PDT
by
Publicus
(Come November, We'll Remember)
To: DPB101
"Does this make it a done deal? If so, this is terrific! Take that Warren Buffet! You and all the other CEOs who were against this better start paying out some money to the owners of your corporations or your stock will not do as well as it might."
Good point. It will also keep management focused on keeping the companies profitable instead of wasting time and resources conspiring with crooked accountants and crooked lawyers to rig phony financials for them to artificially boost stock prices for the sake of their options packages.
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posted on
05/15/2003 8:47:42 PM PDT
by
Publicus
(Come November, We'll Remember)
To: Publicus
Can anyone explain what happens when the bill goes to conference? I know that the committee works to "reconcile" the two bills. How much latitude do they have? Does the "fixed" bill have to be re-voted?
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posted on
05/15/2003 9:09:33 PM PDT
by
Dianna
(space for rent)
To: William McKinley
Bookmarking for later...
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posted on
05/15/2003 10:51:58 PM PDT
by
lorrainer
(FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION. It comes bundled with the software.)
To: OldFriend
One can only hope that Buffet loses billions tomorrow.
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posted on
05/15/2003 11:47:23 PM PDT
by
Grampa Dave
(Has The NY Slimes ever printed the truth in your life time?)
To: William McKinley
Why is this breaking news?
To: Recovering_Democrat
R Hugh Series?
VEY SERIES!@#!@!!@#!!@#!!
115
posted on
05/16/2003 12:51:39 AM PDT
by
adam_az
To: BagCamAddict
Why do birds suddenly appear every time you are near?
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posted on
05/16/2003 2:53:17 AM PDT
by
William McKinley
(Our differences are politics. Our agreements are principles.)
To: William McKinley
``He sees it as an improvement over the original bill,'' Voinovich spokesman Scott Milburn said.
I wonder what scrap of bacon was cooked up for him. :)
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posted on
05/16/2003 9:38:26 AM PDT
by
Tauzero
To: Tuxedo
I thought his father was far far more conservative then he was.
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posted on
05/16/2003 2:00:41 PM PDT
by
Sonny M
("oderint dum metuant")
To: Tuxedo
I thought his father was far far more conservative then he was.
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posted on
05/16/2003 2:00:41 PM PDT
by
Sonny M
("oderint dum metuant")
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