Speaker’s Picks Prove Call for Further ‘Negotiations’ Is a Sham In case it wasn’t already clear that the House GOP’s call for a “conference committee” was simply a ploy to bury the payroll tax cut, just look at who Speaker Boehner has selected to “negotiate” for the House GOP. It’s a veritable “who’s who” of…
Cantor: “John Boehner and I have always been together in saying we want a year’s worth of tax relief for the working people in this country.” [MSNBC, 12/20/11] Boehner: “There’s no disagreement here. There’s no disagreement at all. About the fact that everyone wants to extend this for the next year.” [Boehner Floor Speech, 12/20/11]…
Washington, D.C. — Nevada Senator Harry Reid issued the following statement today. “It is unconscionable that Speaker Boehner is blocking a bipartisan compromise that would protect middle-class families from the tax hike looming on January 1st – a compromise that Senator McConnell and I negotiated at Speaker Boehner’s own request. First Senator McConnell would not…