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Showing Original Post only (View all)Senate Democrats trying to undermine Obama on fiscal cliff. Idiots. [View all]
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/268977-bennet-and-alexander-give-leaders-emergency-backup-plan-to-avoid-fiscal-cliffSens. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) have given their leaders an emergency backup plan to keep Congress from plunging off the "fiscal cliff" at years end.
Bennet and Alexander have submitted a three-part plan to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) to keep as a last resort in case negotiations with President Obama fall short.
Bennets participation is notable because he is one of Reids top choices to take the job of Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee chairman.
The break-the-glass emergency proposal would make a substantial down payment toward deficit reduction during the lame-duck session, create a streamlined process to reach a broader deal next year and implement a default deficit-reduction plan if Congress still cannot break a stalemate in 2013.
It simply pushes the pause button on all the elements of the fiscal cliff, extends everything for a year and then gives us six months in which to reform entitlements and reform taxes and reduce the debt, said Alexander.
Yay!!!! Republicans get to keep tax cuts for the rich, and then we get to negotiate away Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security benefit cuts.
The article goes on to quote Dick Durbin as praising Pat "Club for Growth" Toomey's plan to cut spending without raising taxes on the rich, as well as the Gang of Six's deficit plan, which was the same as what Mitt Romney offered.
Put me in the Thelma & Louise caucus.
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Senate Democrats trying to undermine Obama on fiscal cliff. Idiots. [View all]
geek tragedy
Nov 2012
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"default deficit-reduction plan if Congress still cannot break a stalemate in 2013"
Proud Liberal Dem
Nov 2012
#6
YOU'RE IN FUCKING POWER with a mandate so quit kicking the can down the road.
great white snark
Nov 2012
#10
No. You and I both know how DU is. They'll be blaming Obama for this.
Liberal_Stalwart71
Nov 2012
#21
Bookmarking because I know that DU will eventually blame Obama even though it is these
Liberal_Stalwart71
Nov 2012
#20