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Topic: Pelosi threatens House
vote on tax bill |
Pelosi threatens House
vote on tax bill
CNN, by Ashley Killough
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Original Article
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Posted By:KarenJ1, 12/3/2012 12:15:09 PM
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| Warning that "the clock is ticking," House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi on Sunday threatened to bring about a House vote on a bill that would extend the Bush-era tax cuts for families making $250,000, but would allow the tax breaks to expire for those above the threshold. The Democratic-controlled Senate already passed its version of the bill in July, with strong support from President Barack Obama. (Snip) "If Speaker Boehner refuses to schedule this widely-supported bill for a vote, Democrats will introduce a discharge petition to automatically bring to the floor the Senate-passed middle class tax cuts,"
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Comments:
I guess the moron Pelosi forgot they are a minority in the House. s/o
[w/Tom Cohen & Deirdre Walsh]
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
CEP, 12/3/2012 12:23:15 PM (No. 9046080)
Excuse me but wouldn´t this be needing a conference committee on the bill, if the Senate passed it´s version, then the House had to pass it´s version, also doesn´t the House vote first since all spending, tax bills originate in the House?
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Coy860, 12/3/2012 12:28:32 PM (No. 9046094)
I am sick of you, Nancy. We Americans remember the crap sandwich called Obamacare..you had to hurry with that too, and pass it to find out what´s in it..you waited until Christmas Eve for that one, Nancy. I will never forget or forgive.
I hope your face falls off.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
youngtexan, 12/3/2012 12:35:16 PM (No. 9046102)
Keep it up Boehner. You´re doing a good job not voting on it.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
mickturn, 12/3/2012 12:36:41 PM (No. 9046105)
Yes Piglousy, this will work just like all the ´discharge petitions´ you threw in the trash!
Go back to San Francisco and spend the rest of your pathetic life on the street cars.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
dr.lakerman, 12/3/2012 12:38:49 PM (No. 9046108)
President George W. Bush, in 2001, was able to push through a tax cut for everyone! And by 2002, the earned income credit gave money to people who worked, but had not paid any federal income taxes at all!
But the cliff was a trap set by the democrats, in my opinion, and the kenyan klown will take advantage of that cliff.
Let the new income tax rates kick in, and the recession will continue, but he and the democrats will successfully blame the republicans and the cliff. And the voters are so stupid, they will believe the kenyan klown.
Then in 2014, when the republicans should regain control of the senate, they will offer up some candidates who don´t know when to shut up.
I remain pessimistic.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Rafter, 12/3/2012 12:45:13 PM (No. 9046126)
The article states that there might be enough GOP votes in the House for this
to enable it to be done.
(Simple majority gets it done regardless of leadership opposition.)
Remains to be seen.
Speaking of...
Really admire the skill of Piglosi´s plastic surgeon.
Susan Rice needs a referral to get a redo.
With $50 million, she can´t get a face transplant... or equivalent?
Pathetic. Sheesh.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
nimby, 12/3/2012 12:55:33 PM (No. 9046145)
This botox queen has no grey matter left in her head
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
beca, 12/3/2012 12:57:47 PM (No. 9046149)
hey witchazel...get lost...you arent the speaker
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Kurto, 12/3/2012 12:58:10 PM (No. 9046151)
Someone should tell the botoxed moron that she is not in charge.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
chumley, 12/3/2012 12:58:31 PM (No. 9046152)
Yet another failure of cryogenics. Didn´t Dr Frankenstein teach us that you should not try to revive the dead?
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
fireman28, 12/3/2012 12:59:05 PM (No. 9046155)
Go for it Mizz Nancy.
We want to see how many DemoCraps do not vote for it.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Dante, 12/3/2012 1:00:59 PM (No. 9046159)
The simple truth that the revenue generated by that move means NOTHING due to the massive scale of the problem is never thrown back in the faces of idiot demagogues like pelosi.
Her solution to a raging house fire is dumping a drink on the front lawn.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
lostinmassachusetts, 12/3/2012 1:10:24 PM (No. 9046179)
Keep in mind that the Reid senate has final control over any budget bill. The Senate Majority Leader can override any objections from Republican senators by declaring a state of "budget reconciliation" as when he forced through Obamacare.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Namma, 12/3/2012 2:11:34 PM (No. 9046312)
go for it dems...its alllll yours...
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Libertygal, 12/3/2012 2:26:32 PM (No. 9046346)
I find myself wishing the botox would go to het vocal cords. Oh, happy day!
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
saguni, 12/3/2012 6:37:15 PM (No. 9046795)
May she get it to a vote....and it garners as many votes as the last budget Duh Wun proposed!
Wasn´t that zero to 435??
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
KTWO, 12/3/2012 6:56:02 PM (No. 9046816)
No-lose tactic for Pelosi. It tests Boehner´s leadership while making the GOP vote against lower taxes for the middle class.
And the MSM will praise this to the heavens.
Meanwhile in the Senate the GOP has no mechanism for forcing votes. And the media will remain silent whenever Reid blocks GOP proposals.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
privateer, 12/3/2012 10:37:46 PM (No. 9047063)
I think I see what happened here. The last time they stretched that drum head she calls a face, it smothered her brain.
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