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LiberalOasis : The Blog —
... LA Times sees GOP betting against Obama plan: "Obama had hoped to induce Republicans to back his plan by putting forward a series of business tax cuts. But GOP support is peeling off as the party crafts alternative ideas that rely even more heavily on tax reductions. Obama's stimulus package is on track to pass before the Presidents Day recess in mid-February. But it is increasingly doubtful that he will pick up the 80 Senate votes he had hoped to win in the first major legislative test of his presidency. Instead, the bill is likely to pass on the strength of the Democrats' ...
Obama's bipartisan hopes for stimulus plan fade
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... crafts alternative ideas that rely even more heavily on tax reductions. House Republican leaders have set up a working group to draft their own stimulus proposal focusing on permanent, across-the-board tax relief. And the Republican Study Committee, a group of about 100 conservative House Republicans, unveiled a bill Wednesday that contains a series of tax cuts, including reducing all personal income tax rates by 5% and cutting the corporate tax rate from 35% to 25%. Read more: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/washingtondc/la... Pelosi stated that the tax cuts share in ...
WSJ/NBC Stimulus Poll: Americans Prefer Jobs Over Tax Cuts By 2:1
Firedoglake —
... the out-of-touch Republicans in the House insure their future as a small, regional party by proposing a stimulus plan of pure tax cuts that are both unpopular and unlikely to be effective. (Krugman explains the "bang for the buck" here, but since the Republican commitment to tax cuts on display here is primarily philosophical and not practical, it probably won't persuade them).
Meanwhile, it looks like bipartisan support for the stimulus plan grows dim: ...
Suprise! (or not). The stimulus won't be all that bipartisan after all
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth —
... The majority of the GOP Senators were never ever going to support Obama's stimulus package -- no matter what he gave them in it. They are obstructionists and desperately want Obama's presidency to fail, even if that means the nation fails. Let's just hope the Obama team learned something from this experience. He has huge Democratic margins in the House and Senate. Work with them for the American people: ...
Conservatives Beat The Drum For Permanent Corporate Tax Cuts
Wonk Room —
... As the LA Times reported today, conservative support in Congress for President-elect Barack Obama’s proposed economic stimulus plan is “peeling off” in favor of “alternative ideas that rely even ...
Well That Didn't Last Very Long-- Bipartisan Approach To Obama's Stimulus Package Crashes Into The Shoals Of GOP Partisanship And Extremist Ideology
DownWithTyranny! —
... This morning's L.A. Times blares the grim tidings: Obama's Bipartisan Hopes For Stimulus Plan Fade. Reporters Peter Nicholas and Jim Puzzanghera predict that his package will pass "but with party differences apparently irreconcilable, it is unlikely to win the 80-vote Senate majority he envisions." That was quite the optimistic vision, especially for someone who has been a part of the Senate where vicious partisans and extremist ideologues like Jim DeMint (R-SC), Tom Coburn (R-OK), Jim Bunning (R-KY), Richard Burr (R-NC), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), John Thune (R-SD), Jim ...
1/16: A Post-Partisan Era? Yeah, Right.
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... 's Joe Sudbay : "The majority of the GOP Senators were never ever going to support Obama's stimulus package -- no matter what he gave them in it. They are obstructionists and desperately want Obama's presidency to fail, even if that means the nation fails. Let's just hope the Obama team learned something from this experience. He has huge Democratic margins in the House and Senate. Work with them for the American people ." ...
