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Topic: Harry Reid blocks vote on
Obama’s fiscal cliff proposal |
Harry Reid blocks vote on
Obama’s fiscal cliff proposal
Washington Examiner [DC], by Joel Gehrke
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Posted By:JoniTx, 12/5/2012 5:56:11 PM
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| Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., blocked a vote on President Obama’s proposal, articulated last week by Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, saying that “there is no Geithner proposal.” “If the President’s proposal was made in good faith, Democrats should be eager to vote for it,” McConnell said today. “So I’m surprised the Majority Leader just declined the chance for them to support it with their votes. I guess we’re left to conclude that it couldn’t even pass by a bare majority of votes, and that they’d rather take the country off the cliff than actually work out a good-faith agreement
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
BaseballFan, 12/5/2012 6:02:21 PM (No. 9050527)
Let me understand this: Reid is blocking a vote on something that doesn´t exist, do I have that correct?
Well if it doesn´t exist, there would be nothing on which to vote, and therefore, nothing to block.
Otherwise, the proposal does exist - and in fact, the PropMedia were trumpeting it just recently - but now Harry says it doesn´t exist.
Okeley-dokeley, Harry.
/s off
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
rabid wombat, 12/5/2012 6:02:22 PM (No. 9050528)
For the President´s fiscal plans - does this make him 0 for 5? What is his total vote count for and against - 0 and 835?
Rapidly approaching perfection....
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
mackrand, 12/5/2012 6:14:57 PM (No. 9050543)
So Reid verifies that the Administrations(read Obama´s) plan as articulated by Geithner is a stunt. Not worthy, in other words, for another vote like all the other budget plans presented and voted on that gathered "Zero" votes in favor!
You can´t make this stuff up. Like they were waiting for a rejection by the GOP so they could go into attack mode? Calling for a vote once a day until the Christmas break is now a preferred strategy.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
uno, 12/5/2012 6:44:24 PM (No. 9050565)
Don´t worry. They´ll still blame it on the Republicans...
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
wilko, 12/5/2012 6:46:20 PM (No. 9050569)
He lunched with Mitt, golfed with Clinton, met with CEO´s and MSNBC cranks because he doesn´t know what to do and he´s hoping he can coalesce a plan from his chats with people who purportedly have a clue....He´s a total failure.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
sunsong, 12/5/2012 7:19:33 PM (No. 9050613)
When will the pubbies understand that if they are not willing to go over the cliff - the dems will beat them silly?
If the GOP caves - there really is no reason to have a GOP.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
eoddad, 12/5/2012 7:20:27 PM (No. 9050615)
Economic collapse followed by massive civil unrest leading to Marshall Law, extra Constitutional power to respond to the emergency. Round up Right wing gun owning extremist living in rural areas where there is relative calm while turning a blind eye to inner cities were mobs are burning and looting and getting evil Whitey. Looks to me like Obama´s plan is working perfectly.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Ida Lil, 12/5/2012 9:42:37 PM (No. 9050739)
Well wham bam gotcha man.
This kind of cliff hanging is just what old Harry and Obie should face everyday. Harry was right there has been only one proposal on paper and it was sent to Obe.
Now pass a House Plan properly documented and send it to Harry for rejection.
Pass a version every day until the cliff crumbles and sends Obe to the Cesspool below taking all his minions with him.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Keekng, 12/5/2012 9:55:46 PM (No. 9050753)
Congress has become one huge joke on America.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
LanieLou, 12/5/2012 11:57:38 PM (No. 9050849)
Would someone force the MSM to cover this ????? Or ask the dictator Obozo why the senate Dems refuse to vote on his plan ?????
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
MDConservative, 12/6/2012 12:08:30 AM (No. 9050855)
Do I hear McConnell demanding a vote? No...crickets.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Trigger2, 12/6/2012 5:59:19 AM (No. 9050993)
I´ve said all along that the demonrats want the Bush tax cuts to expire because that´s where all the money is. That way, they can spend even more money on even more waste.
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