red states rule
12-06-2012, 03:15 AM
So much for Republicans "blocking" Obama's attempt to "solve" the fiscal cliff problem. First McConnells offers to bring Obama's plan to floor of the Senate for a vote
http://youtu.be/JHQFe1qrxSo and Harry Reid refuses the offer
Senate majority leader Harry Reid is denying the Senate the chance to vote on President Barack Obama's proposal. Reid calls Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's request to vote on the plan a "stunt." "I reserve the right to object. I just a minute ago moved to the Russia trade bill," said Reid. "The purpose of moving to this bill is to protect American jobs. If we don't do this legislation, we'll lose American jobs for sure and put American companies in even worse shape than they are with Chinese and European companies. So the question is really this: are we going to get serious here and legislate or is this more of the obstruction we felt so much during this last Congress?
"The answer to that is really obvious. The answer is yes. Or are we going to continue the sort of political stunts that the Republican Leader is trying to pull today, now? On the substance, the Senate has passed a bill that goes a long way to address the fiscal cliff. That's already passed here. Last July the Senate passed a bill to continue tax cuts for 98 percent of all Americans and 90 percent of all American small businesses. If the Republican leader were serious about preventing us from going over the fiscal cliff, he would urge his colleague, the speaker, to get the house to -- to get the House to take up the Senate-passed bill now. http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/harry-reid-denies-senate-chance-vote-obamas-plan_665091.html It seems like the White House WANTS the nation to go over the cliff
The White House is "absolutely" prepared to go over the so-called "fiscal cliff" should negotiations with Republicans fail to muster a deal that would prevent a devastating series of tax hikes and spending cuts from triggering Jan. 1, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said today.
<!--pagebreak--> Geithner, whom President Obama assigned to be the point person on his "fiscal cliff" proposal, told CNBC (http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?play=1&video=3000133550) in an interview that an agreement won't be reached by year's end unless the GOP concedes an increase in tax rates for the top two percent of wealthiest Americans. Disparity over whether to extend the Bush-era tax cuts for all Americans or only those making less than $250,000 a year has barricaded any headway on a plan for months
"Oh, absolutely," Geithner said when asked whether the White House is readying for the possibility of going over the "cliff." http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-34222_162-57557405-10391739/geithner-absolutely-ready-to-go-over-cliff/
http://youtu.be/JHQFe1qrxSo and Harry Reid refuses the offer
Senate majority leader Harry Reid is denying the Senate the chance to vote on President Barack Obama's proposal. Reid calls Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's request to vote on the plan a "stunt." "I reserve the right to object. I just a minute ago moved to the Russia trade bill," said Reid. "The purpose of moving to this bill is to protect American jobs. If we don't do this legislation, we'll lose American jobs for sure and put American companies in even worse shape than they are with Chinese and European companies. So the question is really this: are we going to get serious here and legislate or is this more of the obstruction we felt so much during this last Congress?
"The answer to that is really obvious. The answer is yes. Or are we going to continue the sort of political stunts that the Republican Leader is trying to pull today, now? On the substance, the Senate has passed a bill that goes a long way to address the fiscal cliff. That's already passed here. Last July the Senate passed a bill to continue tax cuts for 98 percent of all Americans and 90 percent of all American small businesses. If the Republican leader were serious about preventing us from going over the fiscal cliff, he would urge his colleague, the speaker, to get the house to -- to get the House to take up the Senate-passed bill now. http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/harry-reid-denies-senate-chance-vote-obamas-plan_665091.html It seems like the White House WANTS the nation to go over the cliff
The White House is "absolutely" prepared to go over the so-called "fiscal cliff" should negotiations with Republicans fail to muster a deal that would prevent a devastating series of tax hikes and spending cuts from triggering Jan. 1, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said today.
<!--pagebreak--> Geithner, whom President Obama assigned to be the point person on his "fiscal cliff" proposal, told CNBC (http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?play=1&video=3000133550) in an interview that an agreement won't be reached by year's end unless the GOP concedes an increase in tax rates for the top two percent of wealthiest Americans. Disparity over whether to extend the Bush-era tax cuts for all Americans or only those making less than $250,000 a year has barricaded any headway on a plan for months
"Oh, absolutely," Geithner said when asked whether the White House is readying for the possibility of going over the "cliff." http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-34222_162-57557405-10391739/geithner-absolutely-ready-to-go-over-cliff/