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Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Payroll Tax Cut Row Threatens Gov't Shutdown

(CBS/AP) WASHINGTON - A Republican payroll tax cut bill that sailed through the House despite a White House veto threat is dead on arrival in the Senate, and it will soon be time for talks on a final package, the Senate's top Democrat says.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., made the remarks Tuesday shortly after the House used a near-party line 234-193 vote to approve the measure. The bill has drawn nearly universal Democratic opposition because it would force work to begin on the 1,700-mile-long Keystone XL oil pipeline, which President Obama would rather postpone, and would trim federal spending without forcing the wealthy to contribute as much as Democrats want.

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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousDecember 14, 2011 at 5:26 PM

    If i Hear Harry Reid one more time i think i will puke! That old bastard needs to dry up and blow away. He wouldn't know a good job idea if it struck him in his god aweful face. Obama wouldn't either. How come every time someone comes up with anything that could put folks to work it is a bad idea. I am truly sorry it does not penaloze others who tend to make more money. Lets get poeple to work before they get really pissed and take all of you out of office in their own way. It may not be pretty.

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  2. AnonymousDecember 14, 2011 at 7:03 PM

    The republicans knew he would shoot it down if the keystone project was added.This is beyond crazy now!

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  3. AnonymousDecember 14, 2011 at 7:06 PM

    That Keystone pipeline project pays welders 180,000yr but there is no where to live because so may people up there with no housing.Workers live in tents.

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