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Current Events => Economics => Topic started by: Chris on April 21, 2010, 12:09:09 PM
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Bipartisanship has broken out in the Senate, not that the media bothered to notice. Last week John McCain introduced a resolution stating that "It is the sense of the Senate that the Value Added Tax is a massive tax increase that will cripple families on fixed income and only further push back America's economic recovery." The resolution passed 85 to 13.
Here are the 13 Senators who voted against Mr. McCain's amendment: Republican George Voinovich of Ohio, and a dozen Democrats: Daniel Akaka (Hawaii), Jeff Bingaman (N.M.), Sherrod Brown (Ohio), Robert Byrd (W.Va.), Ben Cardin (Md.), Byron Dorgan (N.D.), Ted Kaufman (Del.), Carl Levin (Mich.), Jack Reed (R.I.), Tom Udall (N.M.), James Webb (Va.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (R.I.). That vote will look especially inviting to challengers on Jim Webb's 2012 re-election resume.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704508904575192530583895238.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_AboveLEFTTop
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A nice but in the end meaningless gesture. When push comes to shove, both parties enjoy having power, and taxes are their primary way of implementing that power.
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But when Obama asks the House and Senate to pass it, in a lame duck session after the election, they'll likely try to get it done. They do have a majority.