AFL Warns Super Committee Dems: Not One Vote For GOP Plans - TPMDC

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AFL Warns Super Committee Dems: Not One Vote For GOP Plans
BRIAN BEUTLER - TPMDC
NOVEMBER 18, 2011, 9:20 AM

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So far Democrats and Republicans on the Super Committee have acted as voting blocs. And smart money is on the idea that any plan that can pass the committee will get substantial buy-in from both parties.

But for progressive groups there’s a Doomsday Scenario where one deal-hungry Democrat defies his colleagues and votes with the entire GOP to pass a plan. The AFL-CIO is petitioning Dems to prevent that from happening.

“If even a single Super Committee Democrat goes along with the Republican plan to cut Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security benefits while cutting tax rates for the richest Americans, it will pass,” AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka tells supporters. “Since it looks like every single Republican on the Super Committee is ready to sell out working families, we need every single Super Committee Democrat to stand strong and protect Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. That’s why it’s urgent that you sign our petition—we need a unanimous working families vote from all six Super Committee Democrats.”

Privately, progressive advocacy groups have grumbled about Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT), who has cut deals with Republicans in the past — including Medicare Part D and the Bush tax cuts — in defiance of Democratic leadership. Through this process, though, Baucus has publicly held the party line and insisted that new revenues match entitlement cuts evenly.

Read the whole petition below:

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Link: http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/11/afl-warns-super-committee-dems-not-one-vote-for-gop-plans.php

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[whathehell]

1. Good for Trumka & the AFL!

It's about time someone got tough with this.

[bread_and_roses]

3. yes, but there's a waffle in there

that pesky "without." It should be no cuts, period. The best we can hope for out of this SC maneuver is gridlock.

[still_one]

2. If the Dems actually vote to cut or raise the age of Social Security and Medicare, there will be

very little to distinguish the two party system

[Ship of Fools]

4. If the Dems actually vote to cut or raise the age of Social Security and Medicare,

ALL HELL WILL BREAK LOOSE, and I will gladly join the front lines!
My body is about to fizzle out, anyway ... :hi:

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[whathehell]

5. Right there with you, bro!

:hi: