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cal04

(41,505 posts)
Tue Jan 1, 2013, 06:41 PM Jan 2013

"If the House changes the Senate’s bipartisan agreement, we will absolutely not consider it."

Jonathan Karl ‏@jonkarl
That was SENATE Dem Leadership aide: "If the House changes the Senate’s bipartisan agreement, we will absolutely not consider it."

Dem Leadership aide: "If the House changes the Senate’s bipartisan agreement, we will absolutely not consider it."
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Steve Israel ‏@RepSteveIsrael
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Americans deserve up or down vote on fiscal cliff bill. Vote against if u want, but vote!

Last week House GOP left table & told Senate to get a deal. Now Senate did a deal & House GOP saying not good enuf. End the House GOP chaos

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"If the House changes the Senate’s bipartisan agreement, we will absolutely not consider it." (Original Post) cal04 Jan 2013 OP
The House GOP is boxed in. CakeGrrl Jan 2013 #1
Those tea baggers in the house don't care if the country goes down in flames. I am not sure about still_one Jan 2013 #2

CakeGrrl

(10,611 posts)
1. The House GOP is boxed in.
Tue Jan 1, 2013, 06:44 PM
Jan 2013

And the WH and Senate have pared their sticking points down to something very easy for the public to understand:

They will do anything to avoid the simple acts of taxing upper incomes, giving the middle class a tax break, and extending UI benefits.

still_one

(92,115 posts)
2. Those tea baggers in the house don't care if the country goes down in flames. I am not sure about
Tue Jan 1, 2013, 06:47 PM
Jan 2013

the public understanding, since they voted in these idiots in the first place

we can only hope

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