Thursday, December 20, 2012

GOP leaders try to rally the troups around Boehner's 'Pan B'...Paul Ryan...Grover Norquist sign on

Republican House leaders on Wednesday were frantically trying to build support for a GOP proposal to avoid the year-end “fiscal cliff,” attempting to reassure a wary rank-and-file that taking the unprecedented step of allowing taxes to rise for those making more than $1 million a year is the party’s best option. 
Leadership aides expressed cautious optimism that the plan, advanced by House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) Tuesday, will pass the House in a scheduled Thursday vote. 
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Boehner received significant cover Wednesday as Americans for Tax Reform, the anti-tax group headed by Grover Norquist, announced it will not consider a vote for the plan a violation of the pledge signed by 238 House Republicans promising never to raise taxes.
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According to Ryan spokesman Conor Sweeney, Ryan is on board as well:
"Chairman Ryan will continue to work to protect as many Americans as possible from tax hikes. Chairman Ryan believes that Speaker Boehner’s ‘Plan B’ meets that criteria.”
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1 comment:

CRUZ COUNTRY said...

If GOP leaders were smart, the House would pass a bill with major tax cuts for the middle class along with across-the-board cuts in federal spending.

Obama and the Dems would undoubtedly oppose this legislation, but the public would overwhelmingly support it.

Check ... Mate. Obama and the Dems lose.

But unfortunately, GOP leadership is gutless, clueless and useless, so this will never happen unless the 3 stooges - Boehner, Cantor & McCarthy - are replaced by true conservatives who have the ability to take their case to the American people.