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Ah. Here's a better article just posted a little bit ago

Posted: Dec 9, 2010

Gee, sounds like the dems are trying to be pubs in this article. Wish everyone would make up their mind.

More than 50 House Democrats oppose tax-cut proposal

By Vicki Needham - 12/09/10 11:02 AM ET

More than 50 House Democrats announced their opposition Thursday to the bipartisan tax-cut proposal brokered by the White House and Republicans.

Led by Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.), 54 Democrats signed on to a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) calling the plan "fiscally irresponsible" and "grossly unfair."

"We support extending tax cuts in full to 98 percent of American taxpayers, as the President initially proposed," Welch wrote on the letter. "He should not back down. Nor should we."

Welch wrote that the nation "is wading into fiscal quicksand" by borrowing the money to pay for the bill that "disproportionately favors millionaires and billionaires, threatens our ability to create jobs, grow the middle class and protect seniors," Welch said.

"Even as Republicans seek to add billions more to our national debt in tax cuts to the wealthy, they oppose extending unemployment benefits to workers and resist COLA [cost of living adjustment] increases to seniors," he said.

The letter has been signed by Welch and the following members:

Earl Blumenauer (Ore.)

Judy Chu (Calif.)

Yvette Clark (N.Y.)

Steve Cohen (Tenn.)

John Conyers (Mich.)

Elijah Cummings (Md.)

Danny Davis (Ill.)

Peter DeFazio (Ore.)

Donna Edwards (Md.)

Keith Ellison (Minn.)

Anna Eshoo (Calif.)

Sam Farr (Calif.)

Bob Filner (Calif.)

Barney Frank (Mass.)

John Garamendi (Calif.)

Alan Grayson (Fla.)

Raúl Grijalva (Ariz.)

Luis Gutierrez (Ill.)

Alcee Hastings (Fla.)

Martin Heinrich (N.M.)

Maurice Hinchey (N.Y.)

Rush Holt (N.J.)

Jay Inslee (Wash.)

Jesse Jackson (Ill.)

Sheila Jackson Lee (Texas)

Paul Kanjorski (Pa.)

Dennis Kucinich (Ohio)

Barbara Lee (Calif.)

John Lewis (Ga.)

Ben Luján (N.M.)

Stephen Lynch (Mass.)

Doris Matsui (Calif.)

Jim McDermott (Wash.)

Mike Michaud (Maine)

Jim Oberstar (Minn.)

John Olver (Mass.)

Chellie Pingree (Maine)

David Price (N.C.)

Tim Ryan (Ohio)

Linda Sanchez (Calif.)

Jan Schakowsky (Ill.)

Carol Shea-Porter (N.H.)

Adam Smith (Wash.)

Jackie Speier (Calif.)

Pete Stark (Calif.)

Betty Sutton (Ohio)

Bennie Thompson (Miss.)

Mike Thompson (Calif.)

Paul Tonko (N.Y.)

Anthony Weiner (N.Y.)

Lynn Woolsey (Calif.)

David Wu (Ore.)

John Yarmuth (Ky.)

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Well, they just voted NOT to bring the tax cut deal up for vote - Backwards Typist

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They also voted not to bring the DREAM act to vote; i.e., it's now into lame duck for sure. They are now praising their colleagues that will be leaving at the end of the month.

Our tax dollars at work.

Well, it is really productive when there is so - much infighting....

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This after the refusal to bring it to a vote:
Rep. Jim Clyburn of South Carolina, the House's No. 3 Democrat, said when asked what comes next, "I don't know. We'll wait and see."

The White House continues to face an uphill climb in convincing his party to get on board with the package. The administration appeared to be breaking through after Vice President Biden visited the Hill on Wednesday, and some Democrats left acknowledging that the package could have enough support to pass.

As of Thursday, Democrats were all over the map. Most Republicans seemed to be standing by the negotiated package, but a few prominent conservatives were peeling off and criticizing it as too expensive.

Speaking Thursday at a White House event promoting American exports, President Obama said the vote will determine whether the economy "moves forward or backward."

The president again pressed Congress to pass the agreement, saying it has the potential to create millions of jobs. He said if it fails, Americans would see smaller paychecks and would result in fewer jobs.

The poor Prez can't even rally his own troops anymore. Don't think this bodes well for him in 2012. They are trying to dump him like yesterday's trash. I kind of feel sorry for him.

Is someone willing to explain the origin of - this policy where S/M

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majority no longer rules in the congress? I have been so frustrated with this. I believe now if you don't have 60 votes, then the other side can filibuster? Is this correct? When did this start? I always thought in any so-called group, club, etc., when a vote is taken, the majority rules. Thanks for any answers. I appreciate it very much. Trying to educate myself.

I am not sure of the origin but since Republicans have been the minority - sm

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in Congress for the last four years, it has been the Republican philosophy to obstruct almost every piece of major Democrat-initated legislation. Why? It is the easy way to make the Democrats look bad. McConnell and others have said their goal is to make Obama a one-term president.

Here is a link to the history of invoking cloture. It has basically doubled in the last 2 sessions of Congress where there are not enough votes (60) to override a filibuster.

http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/reference/cloture_motions/clotureCounts.htm

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