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Blaukraut

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5. So when will this thing be voted on?

Mon Dec 31, 2012, 10:13 PM

Dec 2012

Didn't Boehner say the House would not reconvene before the midnight deadline? It doesn't matter anyway. Whatever shitty deal they agreed on can always be done retroactively. It looks like President Obama has successfully negotiated with himself again. I really thought he'd stay firm this time.

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"White House officials gave in on the last issue...yielding to GOP wishes" (updated) [View all] ProSense Dec 2012 OP

Well, as long as they let those massive fortunes change generations annabanana Dec 2012 #1

5 million is not a massive fortune. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2012 #20

Der Mittens will be overjoyed. RoverSuswade Dec 2012 #2

Romney already has big tax breaks that are built in the tax code. bluestate10 Dec 2012 #18

According to the linked article $5 million is the level the inheritence tax starts at. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2012 #22

Booooo! ellisonz Dec 2012 #3

But would it even pass the House crazies? Panasonic Dec 2012 #4

If Boehner lets it come up for a vote... kentuck Dec 2012 #6

+1 nt ProudProgressiveNow Dec 2012 #17

I doubt it. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2012 #23

So when will this thing be voted on? Blaukraut Dec 2012 #5

WTF ? NOT AGAIN ! russspeakeasy Dec 2012 #7

Good grief? Ugh? R. Daneel Olivaw Dec 2012 #8

!!! 2naSalit Dec 2012 #9

i really don't mind that we gave them indexing the estate tax threshold. unblock Dec 2012 #10

A more reasonable congress theaocp Dec 2012 #12

yeah, my hopes are not great until perhaps the next redistricting but still, hope springs eternal. unblock Dec 2012 #14

Too many Obama haters posting tonight. nt FLyellowdog Dec 2012 #11

Yep. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2012 #25

Too many Obama haters, period...nt SidDithers Dec 2012 #31

I hope you don't mean Prosense. Lone_Star_Dem Dec 2012 #32

If you really are suggesting that Prosense is an "Obama Hater" . . . markpkessinger Dec 2012 #33

Let me get this straight... FLyellowdog Jan 2013 #40

I'm not criticizing you for criticizing others for criticizing the President. . . markpkessinger Jan 2013 #41

Again, you're inference is inaccurate. FLyellowdog Jan 2013 #44

I have held a lukewarm position on estate taxes. bluestate10 Dec 2012 #13

But the accumulation of wealth in assets are not taxed. WCGreen Dec 2012 #26

I don't think your position will be popular on DU. PragmaticLiberal Dec 2012 #36

The nut jobs control half of Congress. NO deal was going to have 100% of what we wanted NYC Liberal Dec 2012 #15

are you averse to context now? bigtree Dec 2012 #16

Context? ProSense Dec 2012 #21

that's not context, it's speculation bigtree Dec 2012 #24

No, it's not speculation. ProSense Dec 2012 #27

hey if Schumer and the Democrats have a problem with the deal then they should negotiate a new one bigtree Dec 2012 #34

I guess the things on the table were acceptable to the GOP. R. Daneel Olivaw Dec 2012 #28

Unemployment benefits extended for one year. Tutonic Dec 2012 #19

Without question, it is an imperative thing. DMacTX Dec 2012 #30

But the Bush tax cuts are made permanent? BlueStreak Dec 2012 #35

Oh, the White House isn't done giving in yet. W_HAMILTON Dec 2012 #29

Don't worry. They still have that chained CPI thing for SS Jackpine Radical Dec 2012 #37

By this time tomorrow night... kentuck Dec 2012 #38

Meanwhile, Boehner is where? Coyotl Dec 2012 #39

Pitiful, truly pitiful. n/t Jefferson23 Jan 2013 #42

If we're talking about the level of the exemption, there is a logical reason for that, that some may Warren DeMontague Jan 2013 #43