red states rule
12-14-2011, 03:36 AM
Bravo!!
Good call by the House leadership on this one. Now Obama and Reid are put on the spot and either have to suck up to the enviro wackos or tell unemployed workers they have to stay unemployed for the good of "Mother Earth", and workers they have to have their taxes raised
Prospects for a year-end congressional compromise on key tax and spending legislation grew more complicated Tuesday, as the Republican House passed a controversial version of a payroll tax cut extension despite a veto threat from the White House.
The increasingly contentious tax dispute threatens to derail what had been an emerging compromise (http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/congress-edges-toward-a-compromise-on-spending/2011/12/09/gIQAORhenO_story.html)on separate legislation to fund the government through next September, raising the specter of a possible government shutdown this weekend if the conflict is not resolved by Friday.
</ARTICLE>Approved on a vote of 234 to 193, the Republican tax bill would extend a one-year break in the payroll tax that is due to expire at the end of the month, setting the rate at 4.2 percent for the year instead of allowing it to revert to 6.2 percent. But it also would accelerate the construction of an oil pipeline from Canada to the Gulf Coast that the White House is determined to slow down.
The measure’s passage represented a victory for House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio), who was able to muscle it through the chamber largely on Republican votes, drawing support from conservatives wary of the tax cut (http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/republicans-split-on-democratic-plan-to-extend-payroll-tax-cut/2011/12/06/gIQAB0AsaO_story.html) by loading the bill with other GOP-
favored items.
To fund the tax cut, the measure would freeze pay for civilian federal workers for another year and reduce the government workforce.
It would extend benefits for the long-term unemployed but reform the unemployment insurance program to reduce the maximum time those out of work can receive benefits, from 99 weeks to 59 weeks. It also would allow states to require drug testing for benefits.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/congress-debates-payroll-tax-cut-government-funding-omnibus/2011/12/13/gIQAUgAqsO_story.html?hpid=z1
Good call by the House leadership on this one. Now Obama and Reid are put on the spot and either have to suck up to the enviro wackos or tell unemployed workers they have to stay unemployed for the good of "Mother Earth", and workers they have to have their taxes raised
Prospects for a year-end congressional compromise on key tax and spending legislation grew more complicated Tuesday, as the Republican House passed a controversial version of a payroll tax cut extension despite a veto threat from the White House.
The increasingly contentious tax dispute threatens to derail what had been an emerging compromise (http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/congress-edges-toward-a-compromise-on-spending/2011/12/09/gIQAORhenO_story.html)on separate legislation to fund the government through next September, raising the specter of a possible government shutdown this weekend if the conflict is not resolved by Friday.
</ARTICLE>Approved on a vote of 234 to 193, the Republican tax bill would extend a one-year break in the payroll tax that is due to expire at the end of the month, setting the rate at 4.2 percent for the year instead of allowing it to revert to 6.2 percent. But it also would accelerate the construction of an oil pipeline from Canada to the Gulf Coast that the White House is determined to slow down.
The measure’s passage represented a victory for House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio), who was able to muscle it through the chamber largely on Republican votes, drawing support from conservatives wary of the tax cut (http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/republicans-split-on-democratic-plan-to-extend-payroll-tax-cut/2011/12/06/gIQAB0AsaO_story.html) by loading the bill with other GOP-
favored items.
To fund the tax cut, the measure would freeze pay for civilian federal workers for another year and reduce the government workforce.
It would extend benefits for the long-term unemployed but reform the unemployment insurance program to reduce the maximum time those out of work can receive benefits, from 99 weeks to 59 weeks. It also would allow states to require drug testing for benefits.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/congress-debates-payroll-tax-cut-government-funding-omnibus/2011/12/13/gIQAUgAqsO_story.html?hpid=z1