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Surreal: Obama's Fiscal Cliff Proposal Stuns Washington

DevinDenver Wrote: Nov 30, 2012 12:12 PM

Screw a counter proposal, just have Congress start debating the President's proposal right now. Get both houses on the record debating it and let's see how this shakes out. Make it so that this has Obama and Geithner's finger prints all over it and let's see how they can spin it that Republicans are the problem.

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DelicateLoyalist Wrote: Nov 30, 2012 12:16 PM

Devin- oh no - we couldn't ask Congress to do its job!

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Surreal: Obama's Fiscal Cliff Proposal Stuns Washington

Republicans have been asking for the White House's plan for some time now -- well, they finally got one. Oh my:

House Republicans said on Thursday that Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner presented the House speaker, John A. Boehner, a detailed proposal to avert the year-end fiscal crisis with $1.6 trillion in tax increases over 10 years, an immediate new round of stimulus spending, home mortgage refinancing and a permanent end to Congressional control over statutory borrowing limits. The proposal, loaded with Democratic priorities and short on detailed spending cuts, was likely to meet strong...