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Democrats reject Susan Collins proposal
Politico ^ | October 12, 2013 | MANU RAJU

Posted on 10/12/2013 9:44:12 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife

Democratic leaders in the Senate are rejecting an offer by Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) to end the budget impasse, arguing it asks for too much in return for too little, aides and senators tell POLITICO.

The Collins plan, which was drafted with input from West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin (D) and other senators, called for a six-month extension of government funding and a debt limit increase through January. But it asked for a delay in Obamacare’s medical device tax for two years and a requirement for income verification for Obamacare subsidies.

.....This means that there is little time for the two sides to reach a deal — and the talks may now shift to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to try to find a way out of the crisis now that the House Republicans have hit an impasse with the White House. Reid and McConnell met Saturday morning.

Asked about the Collins plan, Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said the problem was that Republicans couldn’t agree among themselves.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Health/Medicine; Politics
KEYWORDS: debt; obamacare; shutdown
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Hysterical. Republicans are trying to cave, and the Dems won’t let them. Soon, instead of repealing or defunding Obamacare, Dems will be demanding new social spending or to restore the sequester.


21 posted on 10/12/2013 10:08:27 AM PDT by Defiant (GOPe Strategy: We have to fund Obamacare in order to see how bad it is. Good idea, guys!)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

The RINOs need to shut up and keep up the heat to defund Obamacare, adopt the Penny Plan, and turn this train wreck of a government around.


22 posted on 10/12/2013 10:16:00 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: staytrue

Wasn’t it Snowe or Collins who voted for it on committee that allowed Obamacare to pass the committee stage and go to the floor for a vote?


23 posted on 10/12/2013 10:16:32 AM PDT by GeronL
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To: GeronL

Snowe.


24 posted on 10/12/2013 10:23:07 AM PDT by Madame Dufarge
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To: GeronL

Yellow Snowe, she quit after her term was up. She knew she was toast after she uncorked RatCare.


25 posted on 10/12/2013 10:42:38 AM PDT by VRWC For Truth (Roberts has perverted the Constitution)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

26 posted on 10/12/2013 10:44:30 AM PDT by JPG (Yes We Can morphs into Make It Hurt.)
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To: Defiant

Defiant wrote: “Hysterical. Republicans are trying to cave, and the Dems won’t let them. “

that’s the irony, the republicans DC “cave man” leadership want to surrender, but the democrats won’t let them !

that’s why i still think we can get to the debt limit, not by any deliberate plan, but by backing into it by accident


27 posted on 10/12/2013 10:54:13 AM PDT by Reverend Wright (1990 Budget Agreement: learn from other's mistakes)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

All they (WH & Congress) have been doing for the last 5 years is kick the can down the road.

How many of these budget/ceiling crises have we seen under Obama? Too many.


28 posted on 10/12/2013 11:00:31 AM PDT by TomGuy (.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Wow! And Susan is, basically, one of them!


29 posted on 10/12/2013 11:35:07 AM PDT by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
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To: TomGuy

Have they even passed a budget? I must have missed it.


30 posted on 10/12/2013 12:23:30 PM PDT by Durus (You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality. Ayn Rand)
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To: JPG

This is like Yasser Arafat’s refusal of the surrender by the Israeli’s at Camp David.


31 posted on 10/12/2013 1:52:09 PM PDT by Ninaq
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