It may be bad for Boehner, but its good for our side. Let the dems make us a good-faith offer in front of the nation... or not.

Its time to call their bluff.

They should pass an extension of the Bush rates..

and go home.

Then come back and make them permanent.

It doesn´t matter what anyone is doing. They´re all just rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.

The House has already recessed and gone home. Heaven forbid they work a full week or miss a holiday.

I guess I am missing something. Under what scenario are our taxes not going up on someone on January 1st?

When I called my congressman´s office this afternoon, the man I talked to sounded very happy that I asked for a no vote on Plan B. That pleases me because I wasn´t sure of how the congressman would vote.

1) Extend tax cuts.
2) Go home.
3) If Senate fails to pass, or Obama vetoes, say to voters, ´´We passed a bill to cut your taxes. The Senate/President wouldn´t let it take effect. Go talk to them, not to us.´´

I have to go to work tomorrow on Friday, and next Monday, and next Wednesday through Friday. Why do these overpaid incompetent congressmen get to go home for vacation?

Boehner doesn´t have the toes to keep the Abel either. Such a girly man. Conservatives need to rise up and shut down this show.

Sorry
Keep the gavel

I don´t think this is going to play out the way they are hoping. Everyone´s taxes will go up, then obama will present a bill to lower middle class taxes. Boehner did everything he could to avoid that. Unfortunately, many in the center will be convinced that the Republicans really are the party that caters to the rich, and we may lose again in 2014 and 2016 as a result.

The House GOP voted earlier this year to extend the bush tax cuts. It is waiting for action on Harry Reid´s desk. They also approved an alternate method of cuts vs. sequestration. All of this has been waiting on action in the Senate. The ball is in the Dems court and has been for many months.
Boehner´s plan B was a sellout, it had no spending cuts. Sometimes the hard thing has to be done to get this country back on track. I hope we get a new Speaker and other House leadership. They are all spineless, weak occupants of Congress.

The onus ison dingy and Obummer! I refuse to pay a cent to the Rub party at thispoint

i like it.......they are doing what they were elected to do..NOT RAISE TAXES...let jug ears eat it along with harry reid who wont allow a vote on anything...wont pass a budget yet he never gets a word of criticism.........lets make paul ryan speaker while we´re mixing it up.....i dont dislike john but paul would be great.....

NYTimes. Already spreading the blame story. Unfortunately, the night/day/night is young.

Boehner gets to shrug his shoulders, hold his palms up, and say his hands are tied. Weakness can be a good negotiating position. Tax bills come out of the Ways & Means Committee. Spending bills have to originate in the House (Harry Reid notwithstanding). The GOP will get blamed regardless of what happens. It´s better to die standing than on your knees. Take the cliff, and just keep sending the Senate the same bill over and over until they pass it. And each time, give them a little less.

Boehner is such a...a...dweeb. I am glad this failed.

Mark Levin was urging his listeners to call congress to demand a no vote on the plan B.

Renew Bush´s tax schedule and then stay in session to prevent any appoinment from the criminals in the White House.

Republicans are in a hell of a position- lose-lose-lose! With a band of idiots making up the electorate, this nation is now quite literally, the proverbial ´toast´. It ended with the intellectual take over of the school system back in the 60´s- we just did not know it. Better save up some soup, it´s going to be a very harsh fall to the bottom.

It just amazes me how the party that hates tax cuts is using them as a political wedge on the republicans.If the GOP caves on raising taxes,one way or the other,they´ll get blamed for a recession,that´s coming anyway,primarily because Obamacares hidden taxes and premium increases starting already.

The left doesn´t want Boehner to take the rap but intransigent tea party members.

Obama´s network of spies and dirt diggers probably have something on Boener anyway to play just in case.

I get the feeling house members dislike Boehner....secret meetings, removing tea party members from committees, acting like a rino.... well well well the tea party members stopped this vote, next election there will be more members in the house pushing out the rinos. Boehner forgets the tea party is what made him leader. The only difference in Pelosi & Boehner is the tan ... both phony.