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Current Events => Breaking News => Topic started by: TVDOC on June 23, 2011, 12:33:00 PM
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Biden-Led Budget Talks Reach Impasse
By JANET HOOK And COREY BOLES
WASHINGTON—House Majority Leader Eric Cantor Thursday said he was pulling out of the bipartisan budget talks headed by Vice President Joe Biden for now because the group has reached an impasse over taxes that only President Barack Obama and Speaker John Boehner (R., Ohio) could resolve.
Mr. Cantor, in an interview after a negotiating session he described as bitterly contentious, said he would not be attending today's scheduled meeting of the bipartisan deficit-reduction leadership group because he believed it was time for the negotiations to move to a higher level.
"We've reached the point where the dynamic needs to change,'' Mr. Cantor said. "It is up to the president to come in and talk to the speaker. We've reached the end of this phase. Now is the time for these talks to go into abeyance."
Still, Mr. Cantor remained optimistic about the prospects for a deal. He said the Biden group had already made significant progress and had tentatively identified more than $2 trillion in spending cuts over the next 10 years. But he said there could be no agreement on an overall package without breaking the impasse between Republicans' refusal to accept any tax increase, and Democrats insistence that some tax hikes be part of the deal.
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http://www.patriotactionnetwork.com/forum/topics/breaking-story-cantor-walks?commentId=2600775%3AComment%3A4406714&xg_source=activity
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This oughta be a hoot.
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It's a stunt, or a game of chicken. That's all. With both blaming each other for not cooperating. It's your average budget talk.
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I would like to see Cantor ask the president why he couldn't get a budget passed during the two years he had majorities in both houses. Then after getting no answer, tell him to move to the back seat and let the grown ups drive. :whistling:
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I would like to see Cantor ask the president why he couldn't get a budget passed during the two years he had majorities in both houses. Then after getting no answer, tell him to move to the back seat and let the grown ups drive. :whistling:
You and I both know that's not how one "esteemed colleague" speaks to another, especially when there are cameras present.
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Obongo said after the pull out in afghan he's gonna fix the budget. any time would be fine. another deflect to the next prez???
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Just a game of chicken at this point. History tells us who will back down first. And it aint Lord Stinky.
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Just a game of chicken at this point. History tells us who will back down first. And it aint Lord Stinky.
It's like that episode of The West Wing...
*sigh*
If only REAL LIFE Democrats had balls....
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It's like that episode of The West Wing...
*sigh*
If only REAL LIFE Democrats had balls....
If only REAL LIFE Democrats had balls....
Like passing the takeover of healthcare on Christmas Eve, after the payoffs to the sane hold-out BlueDog Democrats? Those balls?
:bird:
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Still, Mr. Cantor remained optimistic about the prospects for a deal. He said the Biden group had already made significant progress and had tentatively identified more than $2 trillion in spending cuts over the next 10 years. snip
.... ???????? I did read that correctly...I'm speechless :o