Top GOP Senator Concedes That Republicans Will Support Higher Taxes In Fiscal Cliff Deal
Source: Think Progress
Top GOP Senator Concedes That Republicans Will Support Higher Taxes In Fiscal Cliff Deal
By Igor Volsky on Nov 29, 2012 at 10:12 am
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During an appearance on Fox News on Thursday, Sen. John Thune (R-SD), the Republican Conference Chairman, said that while he wouldn’t personally support a measure that raises taxes, “there may be enough Republicans who would vote for something like that”:
MARTHA MAcCALLUM (HOST): What I’m asking you is are Republicans willing to hold the line, to say to the President, I am sorry, we will never agree to a deal that involves an increase in taxes? Are they?
THUNE: I think any deal that passes up here that raises taxes and raises taxes as I mentioned earlier on small businesses, Martha, is not going to enjoy Republican support. Now, there may be enough Republicans who would vote for something like that to pass it in the House of Representatives, they need to get to 218 votes.
MAcCALLUM: Then it would be done, right?
THUNE: We’ll see about that. We don’t know what that. We don’t know what the contours of a final deal might look at this point. Everybody right now is sort of in their corners and doing the posturing.
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