In the House, all Wisconsin Republicans voted to reject extending unemployment benefits and a payroll tax cut for the working poor and middle class. Duffy, Petri, Ribble, Ryan and Sensenbrenner all voted to raise taxes on middle class families by an average of $1,000. Soon afterwards they then voted to take a vacation.
The Senate however, overwhelmingly voted to extend the tax cut by a margin of 89 - 10, with Ron Johnson among the rotten ten voting to increase taxes.
We've seen Republicans take a stand against working poor and middle-class Americans hundreds of times during the past decade and people still vote for them. For some reason, I don't see how this one will be much different.
* UPDATE *
House Republicans cave. They're angry taxes won't be going up on the middle-class.
NY Times Excerpt:
“It may not have been politically the smartest thing in the world,’’ Mr. Boehner said. “But let me tell you what: I think our members waged a good fight.Though the agreement extricated House Republicans from a political box, Mr. Boehner said: “I don’t think it’s any time for celebration."
Yep! Republicans fought to raise our taxes and lost. Boehner actually sounds genuinely sad. Never forget.
2 comments:
Nice spin.. Only you forget, republicanss proposed to extend the holiday for a year. The liberals wouldn't compromise .
We'll see how eager they are in two months and what kind of deals they'll want.
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