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In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders just supported the fiscal cliff deal [View all]W_HAMILTON
(7,921 posts)6. I would like to hear his reasoning.
The cuts he was so deeply opposed to have just been postponed by a couple of months.
Just scanning over the document of the bill the Senate just passed, I didn't see anything about any debt ceiling provision. They just mentioned numbers for sequestration, but I'm not sure what the numbers were before so I don't know if they changed at all. I do know that it is still scheduled to take place in March.
So, from my understanding, the tax issue is basically decided, while the debt ceiling, spending cuts, and "entitlement reform" is still on the table. That isn't a win in my book. What are the Democrats gonna use to negotiate with in two months?
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Yes. I not being a little wonk, I have to put my trust in someone to know the details of these bills
gtar100
Jan 2013
#47
Seems like Pres Obama got quite a bit of stuff in this deal. I hope The House passes it...
Tx4obama
Jan 2013
#41
Thanks! Not a great deal since defense and the tax cuts are the primary reasons for the deficit and
grahamhgreen
Jan 2013
#62
Watch the Obama haters now hate Bernie in their scorched earth 3rd party quest
graham4anything
Jan 2013
#56
so let's see all of the vitriol, ridicule, and charges of 'sell-out' and cave-in'
bigtree
Jan 2013
#58