GOP wary of taking up payroll tax fight again: afraid of a good fight

[mfcorey1]

On Friday, House Democrats made a good point, or tried to, on the House floor.
That was Rep. James Clyburn not being recognized by the president pro tempore and not being allowed to speak on the floor. While the House was supposedly "in session." One of the points Democrats were trying to make was that if the Congress were indeed in session and working, as Republican leaders have insisted in reaction to President Obama's recess appointments, then should they actually be working? First, they exposed Speaker Boehner's big lie that the House is actually working, and second, they pressed the advantage Democrats gained last months in the payroll tax extension fight. All they need to do to press that advantage was to send the reminder to Republicans that it's still out there.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/01/09/1053009/-GOP-wary-of-taking-up-payroll-tax-fight%C2%A0again?via=blog_1

[FreakinDJ]

1. Call it what it is - "Social Security Payroll Tax Cut" - why are DEMs fighting for this

It will just make Social Security insolvent all that much sooner

[customerserviceguy]

2. I'm still waiting to see what we're going to give up

to get the FICA tax holiday extended for another ten months. Last time, they went for the low-hanging fruit of adding a cost to Federally insured mortgages, at a time when the housing market is still on the ropes.