Gee, and I thought there were only 40 Republicans in the Senate....could it be that the other 13 were, GASP, DEMOCRATS!
HEADS UP!
Behind the scenes, the negotiation for tax cuts is throwing in the kitchen sink. Jobless benefit extension, more targeted stimulus to Democrat voters, etc.
AND THEY ARE TRYING TO BOOST THE DEBT CEILING LIMIT BEFORE THE TEA PARTY CAN STOP IT.
Do not let this happen.
There Is No Urgency For All These Matters. Instruct your GOP Congress critter to wait for the new Congress to get all these items addressed.
Wow, that headline is right out of the democrat play book.
Fox news is on my probation list.
Alright how many Republicans voted in favor of extending middle class tax cuts?
Zero?
Way to go Corprate Republicans!
They were from the “other” seven states.....
No 53 voted for this, the rest against. They needed 60 to pass.
I think you have it backwards. Which is not surprising given how pathetically written this article is.
The vote was 53-36 and the side with 36 WON. This was not a vote on tax changes, this was a vote as to whether to vote on tax changes. They needed 60 votes to advance, and they failed.
there is 42 Scott brown and Mark Kirk
That was 53 votes in favor of limiting tax cuts. It didn't advance because they needed 60.
It’s 42 Republicans in the Senate (counting RINOs, of course) since Kirk was sworn in. I think Lieberman voted with us on this, so it was only 10 ‘Rats crossing the aisle.
I think you may be confused. The 53 who voted for these 2 provisions were in favor of letting the old tax rate be restored for higher income people. They were democrats, but for procedural reasons 60 votes were needed. Since there are only 100 senators, they had the majority. Since the vote was 53 vs 36 which adds up to 89, what happened to the other 11 people? Were they sick, out of town, afraid to be counted, undecided, or what. They were divided between republicans and democrats.
Incidently, if I remember correctly the top restoration would be from 35% to 39.5%, hardly a fortune for someone earning over a million. I can remember when the top rate was 70%. Also there is a lot of talk about small business owners being hurt. I think that the legal definition of small business is as many as 500 employees. I suspect that when most of us think small business, we are thinking no more than 10 people. Most really small business owners have so many legal deductions that their Adjusted Gross Income on the 1040 is likely to be lower than $250,000 and certainly less than a $million, so they would not be affected. I am curious, how many employees do you imagine when you hear the word “small business?”