Breaking up the Jobs Bill (GOP will cherry pick)

[chill_wind]

which will come as no surprise.

White House braces for defeat of jobs bill
By Sam Youngman - 10/11/11 12:34 PM ET

Bracing for the defeat of President Obama’s jobs bill, senior White House officials said Tuesday they would work with Senate Democrats to break the bill into smaller portions that might find support.


The acknowledgement that the White House is now interested in breaking up the bill follows a Monday meeting between Obama and Senate Democratic leaders.

(snip)

Officials said they will work with the Senate “to sequence out which components and when” to move them after the bill is defeated Tuesday night.

One possibility is joining the president’s proposal for a national infrastructure bank with a GOP proposal to allow multinational corporations to return profits to the U.S. at a low tax rate. The repatriation proposal has won some Democratic backing, though the White House has been cool to the idea.

more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/186737-white-house-braces-for-defeat-of-obama-jobs-package

[indepat]

1. The virulent RW portions will be retained and all other will be shuttered. Surprise,

surprise. Why couldn't we see this coming? :patriot:

[chill_wind]

6. We did

see it coming, didn't we.

Sept 13

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=433&topic_id=771673&mesg_id=771673

And I knew it as soon as Pelosi started talking about it the day after the speech. She "hoped" it wouldn't get broken up. I think she knew right then it would. GOPers were already talking about doing it (parts they might support, parts they wouldn't) two minutes after his speech.

[indepat]

7. Yeah, we could see it coming from the git-go, as if it were a done

deal right out of the gate. :patriot:

[tularetom]

2. I predict the final jobs bill will consist of a tax break for bazillionaires

This is a big mistake. The overwhelming majority of Americans wants this program funded by the wealthiest among us, and the only difference they have with the President's bill is that it doesn't go far enough in that direction.

The idiotic Dems that voted against this thing are cutting their own throats. Obama is cutting his too, if he waters it down. Oh, he'll still get re-elected but who can trust him to do what's right.

[chill_wind]

8. And FTA's

and whatever else the Chamber of Commerce Jobs Council and Third Way can dream up in the way of more deregulation.

Obama jobs council offers up Republican-friendly proposals

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=2097095&mesg_id=2097095

[vi5]

3. Let me guess...

Tax Breaks will pass and Obama will sign them.

Stimulus parts will not pass, Democratic shoulders will be shrugged.

[AbigailThomas]

4. DEAR DEMOCRATS DO NOT WATER DOWN THE BILL

Reposting my message! I really hope they do not decide to water down this bill to not include tax increases on the wealthy!!! Dems should stick to their guns and force them to vote over and over again against the majority of Americans!! They really should just go for broke and vote on Schakowsky's bill that would put MORE people to work than the President's bill!!! You can read about it on her facebook: http://fb.com/janschakowsky

[chill_wind]

11. I agree. We needed to make the fekkers vote against

a bill like that, since they were going to vote against everything/anything anyway, and Dems KNEW from day one they would and that it's all about running on that obstructionism for 2012 anyway. At least some really good ideas would have gotten public airing. The contrast would have been amazing. And if people are pissed at what gets picked over and passed over at this point, imagine the public debate over ideas they could have really rallied around.

[jmowreader]

5. Boner says there are parts to the bill the GOP can support...

He just didn't say "once we are done with this, it'll be 100 percent tax cuts." Of course, he really didn't have to.

[ZenCiti]

9. Take to the streets my friends

they aren't giving anything away, you have to take it!

[Skittles]

10. LET ME GUESS

THE REPUKES WILL GET THE PARTS THEY LIKE AND THE REST OF IT GETS SHELVED

[Poll_Blind]

12. Yep, it's a tune filled with sour notes we have all heard too many times before.

PB

[Evasporque]

13. They will pick it apart...pass each one individually and say it was theirs...

And give another tax break to the 1%....and cut social programs and education to pay for it.

Then Education and Social programs will be Obama's failure...come election time.