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Eric Cantor: “I Do Not Support” the Fiscal Cliff Bill

sweinstein Wrote: Jan 01, 2013 5:17 PM
LOL. Mere grandstanding to play to the Tea Party base. Go ahead and believe him, Townhallers. Trust me: The House GOP will pass this pro forma.
Ronald Reagan Fan Wrote: Jan 01, 2013 5:20 PM
Doesn't say much for the GOP does it? To be like the Seb=nate Dems-pretty sickening.
SuperSam Wrote: Jan 01, 2013 5:20 PM

Reid's bs it was written so that even an anti-American on drugs wouldn't vote for it; it's that destructive. It's Reid's intention; sit on the House bills for a few years, doing nothing, not even producing a budget in over 3 years, then try to look like he's doing the right thing at the last minute, but he isn't. All he wants to do is pass no bills to help any chance of recovery, while letting the Bush tax cuts expire, which will hit the lowest tax brackets the most, as well kill half of all family's child credit deduction.

It’s going to be another long night. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor walked out of the GOP House conference meeting today saying that he does not support the Senate bill and a number of House Republicans have expressed serious concern with the lack of balance in the bill with regard to spending cuts. CBO figures put the ratio at 41:1—tax increases to spending cuts.

Brendan Buck, a spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner, said after today's first conference meeting that the lack of spending cuts in the Senate bill "was a universal concern amongst members in...

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