McConnell’s moves box in House Republicans - The Hill
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/270759-mcconnell-boxes-in-the-house-gop- ......“This is one of those examples of something that has
come back to bite us and hurt Republican efforts to
negotiate past the fiscal cliff,” said a GOP aide.
Still, House Republicans like LaTourette say their
conference shouldn’t do something “stupid, policy-wise”
to get out of the political box.
Republicans have a weak hand, LaTourette said, but he
does not think they should retreat and pass something
along the lines of the Senate Democratic bill, which ends
Bush-era rates for family income over $250,000.
Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R-Texas) said letting the Senate
Democratic tax plan pass this summer “seems to shift the
debate where everyone just wants to be talking about
taxes.”
“What we really need to be talking about is cutting
spending and entitlement reform, things that really make a
substantial dent in the deficit,” he said.
“On the face of it, it looks like we’re being the victims of
our own decency,” Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) said of the
ramifications for letting the Senate bill pass.
Obama has used the Senate-passed bill often in the last
few weeks to bash House Republicans.
“The Senate has already passed a bill to keep income taxes
from going up on middle-class families,” Obama said
during his Saturday address, echoing what he said in his
post-election press conference. “If we can just get a few
House Republicans on board, I’ll sign this bill as soon as
Congress sends it my way.”....
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/270759-mcconnell-boxes-in-the-house-gop- ......“This is one of those examples of something that has
come back to bite us and hurt Republican efforts to
negotiate past the fiscal cliff,” said a GOP aide.
Still, House Republicans like LaTourette say their
conference shouldn’t do something “stupid, policy-wise”
to get out of the political box.
Republicans have a weak hand, LaTourette said, but he
does not think they should retreat and pass something
along the lines of the Senate Democratic bill, which ends
Bush-era rates for family income over $250,000.
Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R-Texas) said letting the Senate
Democratic tax plan pass this summer “seems to shift the
debate where everyone just wants to be talking about
taxes.”
“What we really need to be talking about is cutting
spending and entitlement reform, things that really make a
substantial dent in the deficit,” he said.
“On the face of it, it looks like we’re being the victims of
our own decency,” Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) said of the
ramifications for letting the Senate bill pass.
Obama has used the Senate-passed bill often in the last
few weeks to bash House Republicans.
“The Senate has already passed a bill to keep income taxes
from going up on middle-class families,” Obama said
during his Saturday address, echoing what he said in his
post-election press conference. “If we can just get a few
House Republicans on board, I’ll sign this bill as soon as
Congress sends it my way.”....
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