Cracks Begin to Appear in House GOP Stance as Possible Deal Forms
If everything goes without a hitch, the president could get the bill Dec. 30, when the Senate will be in a pro forma session.
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If everything goes without a hitch, the president could get the bill Dec. 30, when the Senate will be in a pro forma session.
Boehner, according to an aide, retorted on the roughly 10-minute call that the president should call the Senate back to town and finish negotiations on a full-year tax cut.
Without a show of good faith, Democrats are reveling in the opportunity to force wedges into the GOP ranks.
and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) have already said they will not appoint conferees, insisting that the bipartisan deal cut between Reid and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) should
He also ripped, without naming him, comments from Rep. Tom Rooney (R-Fla.) who said the standoff was “high-stakes poker.”
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Carney countered Monday that “it’s not our job to negotiate between [Boehner] and Senate Republicans,” and he contended that it’s inconceivable that Senate Republicans would vote en masse for a bill without
Congress can work out a solution without stopping the payroll tax cut extension for the middle class, jeopardizing seniors’ access to health care or threatening unemployment insurance.”
One Republican on the call said Speaker John Boehner (Ohio) seemed to indicate that he believed the Conference should accept the compromise because of the inclusion of language that would force President
One Republican on the call said Speaker John Boehner (Ohio) seemed to indicate that he believed the Conference should accept the compromise because of the inclusion of language that would force President
The White House has previously tied getting a deal on the tax cut to the omnibus, with Carney saying Thursday that it was unacceptable for Congress to get its spending bill and go home without ensuring
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“There are a few issues still outstanding but they’re really small in number,” Reid said, before warning House Republicans about moving forward on their own omnibus spending bill without Senate Democratic
Senators should amend it and send it back to the House, he said. “There’s an easy way to resolve our issues on the payroll tax cut bill,” Boehner said.
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Although the president will not accept the appropriations measure without a deal on the payroll tax cut extension, one senior administration official said Obama would back a stopgap spending bill
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“Democrats should reject Occupy Wall Street as the spokesmen for the 99 percent,” said Kelly Bingel, who served as former Sen.