Senate Democrats will reject House changes to tax bill, aides say...“We’re done”

[babylonsister]

http://thehill.com/homenews/house/275099-senate-democratic-leaders-say-they-will-reject-house-changes-to-tax-bill-


Senate Democrats will reject House changes to tax bill, aides say
By Alexander Bolton - 01/01/13 03:10 PM ET


Senate Democratic leaders say they will reject any House effort to amend a fiscal cliff deal that passed the upper chamber with overwhelming support on New Year’s Day.

“The House Republicans have two choices: cut their losses and pass the deal now, or else put up a fight they cannot win and pass the same deal a few days now after being further humiliated,” said a Senate Democratic leadership aide.

Another senior Democratic aide said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) will not reconsider the bill, which passed by a vote of 89 to 8.

“We’re done,” said the aide.

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http://thehill.com/homenews/house/275099-senate-democratic-leaders-say-they-will-reject-house-changes-to-tax-bill-

[sheshe2]

1. Excellent!

Thanks for posting.

[BlueStreak]

2. If the teabaggers mess with the bill, Pelosi's caucus should not vote for it

That would probably be enough to keep it from getting through the House. There have to be at least a few Republicans in the House that would see the futility of supporting something that probably can't pass the House and would be dead-on-arrival in the Senate.

Could it be that some of the Republican senators are getting tired of these teabagger games in the House?

[shrdlu]

3. Speaker wannabe Cantor threatens bill...

No ulterior motive here I'm sure...He wouldn't be trying to tie a "bad bill" to the Orange Man, now would he?

"Eric Cantor (R-Va.), the influential House majority leader, emerged from a two-hour meeting with GOP colleagues and said he opposes the Senate bill, which would let income taxes rise sharply on the rich. Rep. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) said Cantor “forcefully” expressed his concerns during the closed -door session, during which other GOP members expressed grave doubts about the agreement." (WaPo)

[Bobcat]

11. Sharply?

"House majority leader, emerged from a two-hour meeting with GOP colleagues and said he opposes the Senate bill, which would let income taxes rise sharply on the rich"......

Sharply? Seriously?

[zbdent]

15. Republicans' concerns about the wealthy make me remember something I thought

about while watching Roots and such things ...

You have people who face the whip every day ... yes, it hurts like hell, and those often whipped mostly scream in pain.

BUT, if you want to hear really terrified screams ... you put the person who has always been on the handle end of the whip, and have NEVER had it happen to them, (especially if they gave the order, never actually touching the whip) ... then you get some really astonishing screams.

The screams of terror from the wealthy (about tax hikes) remind me of those facing the whip for the very first time after years of ordering the whipping ...

[AAO]

13. I'd like to “forcefully” express my opinion to Cantor, too.

[Aerows]

4. Yep

time to dive.

Democrats have a mandate. They don't have to negotiate with Republicans. Show them how serious we are with "we don't have to negotiate with you, since you have no intention of ever negotiating."

[Recursion]

5. "You get nothing"

That and "We're done" are my two favorite quotes from this negotiation cycle.

[robinlynne]

6. 89 to 8. wow. That is giving me soom room to think.

(being that I have been for the "fiscal cliff".)

89 to 8 is something else entirely. That is a consensus. I'm impressed.

[Ligyron]

7. At this point I hope the House screws it up

and then it's the repubs fault and - OK, now we start again with 200K, estate tax 1mil and up, bigger defense cuts and on and on

This can only get better IMHO.

[Cha]

8. Pertinent Tweet from Greg Sargent..

Greg Sargent

@ThePlumLineGS If House Rs killing WH-McConnell deal isn't enough to persuade media figures to drop false equivalence BS, nothing will

Thanks for the article, babylonsistah and HAPPY NEW YEAR2013!

[Beartracks]

9. Prediction: Nothing will. n/t

[AAO]

14. You can say that again!

[wryter2000]

10. Amen

They can take the deal, or over the cliff we go.

[Odin2005]

12. Can people quit freaking out, now?

[spanone]

16. they won't 'reject' them, they won't even entertain them. period.

[LW1977]

17. ....but ...but ...but

I thought Obama was caving. From all the far left people who wanted a unicorn that farts glitter and did nothing but bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch about it today.

[Skittles]

18. you're the one who seems to be bitching