House Progressives tried stop union/White House deal for health insurance tax

[Better Believe It]

"Labor leaders met with the Democratic House caucus Thursday to discuss the deal. Progressives pushed back against it, saying that too much had been given away, people familiar with the meeting said. But the union leaders said they feel the Democrats are ultimately on board.

Gerald W. McEntee, head of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, said that progressive members of Congress pushed the unions to fight for more. "There were some people who wanted to continue to fight for no excise tax at all," he said."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/14/white-house-wins-labor-su_n_423882.html

[nightrain]

1. let's guess.... but they caved...

[HughMoran]

2. Oh, we're playing "select the two most negative paragraphs from the story" game eh?

OK, let's at least post "the rest of story" about the compromise then, shall we?

""Let's go on and actually pass this bill," Anna Burger of the Service Employees International Union said in a conference call union leaders held with reporters to announce the deal. The AFL-CIO's Richard Trumka cautioned, however, that full labor support is "subject to the final bill."

The deal was reached with the White House, they said, but Congress is also on board. "We are informed that they are. We have spoken with them. We think everyone is on board with this," said Trumka. "We will endorse and we will do that proudly, but it's subject to the final bill.""

[Better Believe It]

3. This is important information that was buried in the long article.

But, first, let's get to your bottom line.

Why do you support the health insurance tax on both union and non-union workers and why are you against the House proposal to tax the wealthy instead?

That may very well be the reason for your disappointment that the opposition of House progressives to this "deal" was mentioned in the article. Is that it?

You clearly didn't have any difficulty finding and reading the article with my link.

Don't you think other DU'ers are also capable of clicking on the link?