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IT'S OFFICIAL: HOUSE PASSES FISCAL CLIFF BILL
Business Insider ^ | 01/01/2013 | Joe Weisenthal and Grace Wyler

Posted on 1/2/2013, 4:07:58 AM by SeekAndFind

After a long day of fiscal cliff chaos, the House will finally hold a vote tonight on the fiscal cliff bill passed by the Senate early Tuesday.

The decision to hold an up-down vote virtually guarantees passage of the bill, which would extend the Bush tax hikes for households earning under $450,000. that the bill will pass.

For most of the day, House Republicans have said that they could not support the bill without spending cuts, but by Tuesday night it was clear that GOP leaders could not come up with the votes to pass an amendment to add those cuts.

The House Rules Committee announced that there will be a vote on the unamended Senate bill in the 9 p.m. hour. Check out all of the days developments below.

(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...


TOPICS: Government
KEYWORDS: bukakitheater; congress; fakegovernment; fiscalcliff; fiscalcliffdeal; fiscalcliffvote; fixed; foolpublic; nochoice; oneparty; theater
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1 posted on 1/2/2013, 4:07:59 AM by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Ok, and we are surprised why?
Come on really, the GOPe has been greased and violated yet they liked it.


2 posted on 1/2/2013, 4:10:01 AM by svcw (Why is one cell on another planet considered life, and in the womb it is not.)
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To: SeekAndFind

FU John Boner!


3 posted on 1/2/2013, 4:10:03 AM by Clint N. Suhks
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To: SeekAndFind
LATEST NEWS:

10:59 PM | The House is still voting, but they have officially passed the 217 vote threshold needed to pass the fiscal cliff deal.


4 posted on 1/2/2013, 4:10:40 AM by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

This Kabuki dance is FINALLY over?

Long past due.


5 posted on 1/2/2013, 4:10:40 AM by sickoflibs (Dems go for results, meaning winning. Rs go for symbolism and whining about losing.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Take notes. Then primary. Relentlessly.

Until they’re all gone.


6 posted on 1/2/2013, 4:11:13 AM by Colonel_Flagg ("Don't be afraid to see what you see." -- Ronald Reagan)
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To: SeekAndFind

Republicans...SUCK!


7 posted on 1/2/2013, 4:11:24 AM by Hunterb
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To: SeekAndFind
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8 posted on 1/2/2013, 4:12:15 AM by TurboZamboni (Looting the future to bribe the present)
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To: SeekAndFind

Communist Victory File.


9 posted on 1/2/2013, 4:12:25 AM by Graewoulf ((Traitor John Roberts' Communal Obama"care" violates Anti-Trust Laws, AND the U.S. Constitution.))
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To: Colonel_Flagg

Bump.


10 posted on 1/2/2013, 4:12:36 AM by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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Sadly, many Republicans waited until the bill passed before voting No. They need to go too.


11 posted on 1/2/2013, 4:13:08 AM by Gene Eric (Demoralization is a weapon of the enemy. Don't get it, don't spread it!)
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To: SeekAndFind

I’m sure the stock market will soar tomorrow. This Country is sick.


12 posted on 1/2/2013, 4:14:04 AM by Huskrrrr
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To: SeekAndFind

Where can we find a list of R yes votes?


13 posted on 1/2/2013, 4:14:32 AM by ModelBreaker
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To: SeekAndFind

The whole charade was nothing but bukkake theater.


14 posted on 1/2/2013, 4:15:29 AM by Lancey Howard
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To: SeekAndFind
Paul Ryan voted for it—he is dead to me now.

All the “ayes” are to be PURGED in the primaries!

15 posted on 1/2/2013, 4:15:41 AM by Happy Rain ("Outlawing guns because of Adam Lanza would be like outlawing free speech because of Bill Maher.")
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To: SeekAndFind

Ryan voted yes


16 posted on 1/2/2013, 4:15:54 AM by slatimer
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Actually, I am not only surprised but shocked. Not at the RINO votes, but I am shocked that my Tea Party candidates Senator Ron Johnson and Rep. Paul Ryan voted yea.

I stood in the cold listening to both of these men promising no new taxes and that they would cut spending. I believed them and embarrassed myself in front of and to my liberal friends for doing so.

I will be mailing back my Republican party membership card tomorrow along with my full explanation why.

I hope God has mercy on their souls, because I do not. I will never forgive any of them for ignoring the mandate we gave them when we sent them to represent us.


17 posted on 1/2/2013, 4:16:03 AM by Wisconsinlady (The only thing to stop a bad person with a gun, is a good person with a gun.)
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To: Colonel_Flagg; Hunterb; sickoflibs; SeekAndFind

I’m a bit puzzled. Grover Norquist doesn’t think it’s that awful. http://www.newsmax.com/Headline/Norquist-Biden-McConnell-support/2012/12/31/id/469608?s=al&promo_code=11596-1


18 posted on 1/2/2013, 4:16:34 AM by Pining_4_TX (All those who were appointed to eternal life believed. Acts 13:48)
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To: SeekAndFind

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19 posted on 1/2/2013, 4:16:36 AM by Tzimisce (The American Revolution began when the British attempted to disarm the Colonists.)
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To: slatimer

I hate these people. Like the French surrendered at Dien Bien Phu before the Vietnam war.

http://confoundedinterest.wordpress.com/2013/01/01/fiscal-abyss-bill-passes-senate-barely-touches-the-trillion-dollar-deficit/


20 posted on 1/2/2013, 4:16:52 AM by whitedog57
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