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Sen. Schumer Gets the Last laugh Over President Obama on Tax Rates
The Hill ^ | 10/13/11 05:30 AM ET | Alexander Bolton

Posted on 10/13/2011 4:59:49 AM PDT by fight_truth_decay

Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) is getting the last laugh over President Obama on tax policy.

Schumer and Obama’s senior advisers argued over tax strategy at several meetings last year before the president went his own way, striking a deal with Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) to extend virtually all of the Bush-era tax rates through the end of 2012.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: chuckschumer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zWcRNEyx_w

Mar 29, 2011

Open Mic Audio [OOps!] of Sen. Chuck Schumer Marching Orders to Senate Democrats to politicize the budget negotiations and claim House Republicans as "extreme" [tag words instructed to use].

According to a recent Siena poll (Sept),Charles Schumer’s approval rating is at 59 percent, down from 67 percent in November of last year. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand’s 46 percent approval rating is down from an all-time high of 57 percent in February.

1 posted on 10/13/2011 4:59:58 AM PDT by fight_truth_decay
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To: fight_truth_decay

59% is still formidable, unfortunately.

A bigger louse in the Senate is hard to find.


2 posted on 10/13/2011 5:03:55 AM PDT by sauropod (William Kristol does NOT choose my presidential candidate!)
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A bigger louse in the Senate is hard to find.

And dumber constituents than my fellow inhabitants of the People's Republic of New York.

3 posted on 10/13/2011 5:27:03 AM PDT by Dahoser (Separation of church and state? No, we need separation of media and state.)
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To: Dahoser

Term limits would put a stake in his heart.


4 posted on 10/13/2011 6:20:12 AM PDT by beekay
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To: beekay

“Term limits would put a stake in his heart.”

What heart?


5 posted on 10/13/2011 7:00:58 AM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (Obama inherited a mild recession from George W. Bush and turned it into a major depression.)
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