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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHouse will add "spending cuts they know Democrats can't live with
Mike Allen
Chief White House correspondent, POLITICO
GOP source, privy to leadership strategy: House will add "spending cuts they know Democrats can't live with...Our base is gonna be fired up"
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House will add "spending cuts they know Democrats can't live with (Original Post)
cal04
Jan 2013
OP
Jump the cliff.
OldDem2012
(3,526 posts)2. The Senate leadership says the Senate is done...they will not consider any amendments. Period.
CakeGrrl
(10,611 posts)3. ...thereby showing their collective ass for all to see.
including the voters who keep sending them to congress.
It will be pretty damn clear that they will do anything to avoid raising taxes on the rich and helping the middle class, as this is the essence of this scaled-back initial deal.
jenmito
(37,326 posts)4. Good. They're only hurting themselves. They'll end up with tax cuts for $250K and lower instead
of the $450K offered now. They're incompetent.