GOP Lawmakers Appeal To Obama To Negotiate With Congress To Avert Defense Cuts

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Not if the past is any indicator.

Even around here you probably won't get a universal definition.

When he made this deal, he was trying to trade revenue increases for spending cuts. I suspect if they come a calling again he may be willing to discuss it again. Although the summer before an election is a lousy time to ask for tax increases.

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made me laugh but.....

that's my definition

More like cover for Obama to do what his base doesn't want him to do.

Do you think it's been by accident that Gates and Panetta have both been on lengthy Keep the MIC bucks flowing tours? Do you think they have acted on their own in this respect without Obama's encouragement? I don't.

"Senate defeats Dem measure to nix ‘Big Oil’ tax breaks, 51-47"

Congress isn't even trying to live up to the deal they made.

Majority rules.

That's the Republican way.

51-47 to end tax breaks - and it's effective immediately.

Obama ought to educate them about the definition of the word, compromise.

R&K

more than they asked for.

It's the Obama way!

The system is working as Obama intended

Give up all the Bush era (both of them) and Reagan era tax cuts, All of them.

And cancel all subsidies given away to those who do not need them - That includes the Oil Companies.

Remove the cap from the Medicare.

Raise the SS COLA to 45% to catch up on real costs of living.

Medicare for All.

That's just for starters.

They are all non-negotiable but if you want to avert the cuts in the Defense side, then you must agree to these above directives.

Offer to spare the Pentagon in exchange for letting the Bush tax cuts for the $250,000 earners expire.

and every time they are set to expire, we renew them. They are here to stay, unfortunately.

because, of course, we will have an election coming up or some other lame excuse to be generated later. Our politicians fold faster than cheap suits.

And if Obama can make it past the election, he won't have to worry about the electoral repercussions of just letting them all expire--for everybody--if the Congress refuses to at least let the wealthy's tax rates go back up. Then Obama can say fine, then everybody's taxes will go back up. And he won't have to worry about electoral consequences.

But first he must make it past this election, otherwise the tax cuts will only expire for three weeks.

will worry. They will be extended, either because of re-election fears or the republicans will tie it to something we want passed.

"Gee, sorry guys, but I'm all out of fucks to give."

They made this bed of nails for everyone.

the same gop lawmakers who would use his bipartisan attempt to work with them into a weapon against him. Yea right.

Louisianna representative doing it but why did the rest? At least those two are from oil states.

Hypocrisy, thy name is Republican.

unless they want to give us Medicare for all in return.

Give war a chance. That's all we seem to know. We are growing a nation of crazed military who come home and become crazed police supported by a crazed community. There will soon be no peace for anyone...and gated communities will not keep this shit away from your door. The over reaction to 9/11 put us on this war-footing and we on the edge of the cliff of perpetual panic. We have folks in FL who would still like to invade Cuba, folks in AL, MS who would still like to lynch blacks, folks in Congress who want to starve poor people and bomb Iran, folks on Wall Street who to steal from retirement funds and pay no taxes, and people all over who want to listen to and believe Rush Limbaugh. The picture is pretty bleak.

It will be full of drama and faux negotiations!

But I hear on good authority that the MIC gets the money at the end...