Posted on 12/09/2010 12:57:57 PM PST by Red Steel
The House and Senate appear to be on a collision course over President Obama's controversial tax plan, after House Democrats voted to block the package from coming to the floor in its current form.
Though the vote was not binding, the House Democratic caucus on Thursday approved a measure by Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., effectively rejecting the GOP-negotiated deal unless and until a majority of Democrats support it. One Democratic leadership aide said the vote "shows how much the White House screwed this up."
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, meanwhile, told Fox News he expects the Senate to take up the bill anyway without any substantive changes Thursday afternoon. He predicted the measure would pass, a belief echoed by a number of Senate Democratic aides interviewed by Fox News. But that would send the bill straight to the House, where some members are mounting a rebellion.
"If it's take it or leave it, we'll leave it," said Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, after the caucus vote Thursday, adding that he thinks House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will take her cue from the caucus. ...
Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Wash., said "it's a pretty clear message. We don't like the bill."
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Great.
Let’s just pass a better bill in January.
Send them to Gitmo.
Gotcha. Not a good prospect for us at all.
“I guess the 2011 Congress will just have to pass t retroactively. Pelosi just wants to remind everyone why so many Rats lost their seats in November and fired her as Speaker of the House.”
The federal govt should just confiscate all of the wealth from San Francisco. That should do it.
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