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12-04-2007, 07:41 PM
The Senate left town in a stalemate a few weeks ago over differences of how to proceed on the Farm Bill. Today the Senate started off with a Free Trade issue that passed. Then as the President went to the microphone once again and demanded the Congress do their work and fix AMT, FISA, War Funding and the appropriations bill(s) while discussing the Foreign Intelligence Report the Democrats started their cowardly ways.
This afternoon after their two hour lunch break and passage of the Free Trade bill for Peru the Senate proceeded to the AMT legislation as predicted by
Baucus hints at AMT patch vote this week Senate Democrats this week might try again to push through a one-year repeal of the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT), Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) said Tuesday.
http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/baucus-hints-at-amt-patch-vote-this-week-2007-12-04.html But things quickly turned to crap when the Senate Minority Leader demanded alternative bills be offered together and all required to meet a 60 vote threshold. He offered the bill proposed by the Leader Harry Reid that cuts the AMT and raises taxes by $80 billion to offset the loss of AMT revenue; a bill to postpone the tax one more year and cut taxes on certain areas and a bill that would simply end the AMT period.
Harry Reid started holding his breath and turning purple as he called the Senate Republicans President Bush's puppets as he set aside the issue. The Farm Bill and the AMT are now set aside because the Democratic leadership refuses to compromise. It is going to be a perfect storm as the 50 million families affected by the AMT and Farmers gang up on the Dems to compromise or lose votes in the next election. Bush is going to wear their asses out as a do nothing worthless congress incapable of accomplishing anything.
What do you think?
This afternoon after their two hour lunch break and passage of the Free Trade bill for Peru the Senate proceeded to the AMT legislation as predicted by
Baucus hints at AMT patch vote this week Senate Democrats this week might try again to push through a one-year repeal of the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT), Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) said Tuesday.
http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/baucus-hints-at-amt-patch-vote-this-week-2007-12-04.html But things quickly turned to crap when the Senate Minority Leader demanded alternative bills be offered together and all required to meet a 60 vote threshold. He offered the bill proposed by the Leader Harry Reid that cuts the AMT and raises taxes by $80 billion to offset the loss of AMT revenue; a bill to postpone the tax one more year and cut taxes on certain areas and a bill that would simply end the AMT period.
Harry Reid started holding his breath and turning purple as he called the Senate Republicans President Bush's puppets as he set aside the issue. The Farm Bill and the AMT are now set aside because the Democratic leadership refuses to compromise. It is going to be a perfect storm as the 50 million families affected by the AMT and Farmers gang up on the Dems to compromise or lose votes in the next election. Bush is going to wear their asses out as a do nothing worthless congress incapable of accomplishing anything.
What do you think?