"[I]f the appropriations bills pass, and the government is funded through September, Republicans will scatter to their states and districts for the holidays, handing Senate Dems a take-it-or-leave-it proposition on the House GOP’s payroll tax cut bill, which includes pay-fors and a Keystone XL oil pipeline rider many Democrats oppose — and which drew a veto threat from President Obama. If that happens, and Dems refused to swallow it whole, the payroll tax cut — along with extended unemployment benefits, and a patch to prevent Medicare doctors from experiencing a big pay cut — will all expire on January 1."
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— “House GOP Pushes Envelope in Showdown” (Talking Points Memo)

This is insane.
  1. cassiem said: It is driving me crazy. Hearing what they are saying to each other.
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