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Subscribe to RSSSpeaker John Boehner explains the House decision to postpone the vote on the Senate's version of the two month extension of the payroll tax cut.
The stalemate over how and whether to extend an expiring payroll tax cut will drag into Tuesday after House Republicans delayed a planned vote to reject a Senate bill to extend the tax holiday for two months.
House Republican leaders emerged following a meeting with rank-and-file members to say that the House would take up their votes on Tuesday. Lawmakers had planned to vote around 6:30 p.m. ET on Monday evening, but the 6 p.m. meeting of GOP lawmakers lasted longer than expected, over two hours.
Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) said that the House Rules Committee, which sets the parameters for votes in the House, would meet tonight to set the stage for tomorrow's series of votes. Those Tuesday votes would include a measure to reject the Senate's two month extension, and instead instruct lawmakers to meet in a conference -- the formal process of resolving differences with legislation in the Senate.
"Our members do not want to just punt and do a two-month, short-term fix where we have to come back and do this again," House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) told reporters at the Capitol.
House Republicans prefer legislation to extend the expiring tax cut by a whole year, and produced legislation to that effect. But Democrats in the Senate rejected that proposal because of some of the cuts used to offset the cost of the bill, which also includes an extension of unemployment insurance.
The House had been expected to vote early Tuesday morning after the preliminary vote was delayed. That plan was nixed, apparently with some political optics in mind.
"We also said we didn't like the idea of doing things in the dead of the night," House GOP Whip Kevin McCarthy (CA) said.
If the House does manage to follow through on its promise to reject the Senate-passed bill, that move would do little to ostensibly advance any final agreement on payroll taxes. Democrats spent most of Monday explaining that they would not consider any yearlong extension until the House had passed the stopgap tax cut.
"I will not re-open negotiations until the House follows through and passes this agreement that was negotiated by Republican leaders, and supported by 90 percent of the Senate," Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said this afternoon in a statement.
They were joined by a small group of Senate Republicans who publicly urged their House counterparts to approve the two-month extension. The tax cut is set to expire on Dec. 31, meaning payroll taxes would go up on Jan. 1 barring some sort of deal.
Boehner downplayed any notion of discord among Republicans, refusing to say whether Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (KY) had erred in expecting the House to pass the agreement McConnell had reached with Reid.
"The Senate did their job. They produced a bill," Boehner said. "And the House disagrees with it."
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The House bill will pass because it is what the people want, and the members of the house know it. So does the Senate. The American People want the payroll tax cut, and they want the Keystone Pipeline. Obama doesn't want to decide on that till after the election and the People know that, also. He's not going to get that option. He wants the tax cut, he's going to have to go for the pipeline with it. It's called being outsmarted and it doesn't seem to be to hard to do with this talking turd. Every time he opens his mouth, he drops further in the polls.
you all realize that if we made the senate vote based on a simple majority we would have more productivity in the congress. The use of the filibuster requiring a 60 vote majority in the senate precludes the congress from getting any legislation passed, thus denying the voters there representation.
House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) said "2 months is just kicking the can down the road"? Well he needs a swift and hard kick in the can.
That's the way it rolls, Gobbygoo. The Republicans won the House by an overwhelming majority. The people let their Representatives know what they want. Is it your contention that the Congress is not voting the will of their constituents? This isn't the Health Care bill that cost Pelosi and her minions the House. The Republicans are smarter than that. The People want the Keystone Pipeline. Obama doesn't want to have to say no to that until after he's sure he has a 2nd term. The People know that and they aren't going to allow that to happen.
Yes Ron, you let you reps know what you want. And you got nothing. How do you like it? LOL
FAST & FURIOUSLY we need to vote Obama out office, enough said.
please read the topic of discussion and comment appropriately. we are discussing the house of representatives.
you seem to be the problem
Modern day slavery.
HOUSE PUNTS?
Senate does a 2 month move as a bunch of corrupt cowards and the HOUSE PUNTS?
I think this is the real deal: the Right does NOT WANT THE PRESIDENCY! Know why? Because they don't KNOW what to do. That's why they ran a crappy campaign and elected Obama in the first place, and now they're running a crappy 'nother campaign. Chaney and his homies screwed everything up the first 8 yrs ,they got Obama stuck with it, (who, BTW, HAS done some good, I mean what do you expect, overnight changes?) In the mean time they get the mid term because people thought when Obama said "yes we can", it would be majic. So the left didn't bother to vote (not good) because they were dissapointed, and the right got voted back in. Now, why bother to have the presidency and bother with the mess, when you can be in congress and the senate and make DAMN GOOD MONEY anyway? You can also mess with the president and make his life miserable by blocking every suggestion he makes. I mean you're still getting paid, and you're having FUN while you're at it, you RACIST, REDNECK BASTARDS!
Oblowhole was not elected , but rather put in place by soros!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
As opposed to the Crawfod village idiot being installed by the republican supreme court?
The really scary part is that all of you msnbc followers are blaming the republicans for the inaction of harry reid and the senate. They are required by law to pass a budget and haven't done so in 3 yrs. So why don't you go after the party of "NO ACTION" harry reid and company, and NO, he does not deserve to be capitalized as respect, as I have NO respect for an as.hole! such as he!!!!
The Republicans are the party of NO,,, OBSTRUCTIONIST.... One should be used to it by now,and the Dem.,always CAVE... One can get used to that too...That is what we have in Washington..Go Figure...
never trust a gop turd
Wow, what a bunch of wimps! The party of no continues with its track record. In 2012, it's time we take back the majority they gained in the House and Congress working again for America. This is a disgrace. They got the pipeline provision, they got rid of the millionaire surtax. What more do they want?
So, after 22 bills to the senate for a budget, and harry reid tables all of them, one budget by the demo pres, and denied by 99% of the dems, and still no budget by the dems? You are really wrong to call the republicans the party of no when you should really be calling the dems the party of ,"NO ACTION" under harry reid!! That is what America really sees. Not the msnbc cover up of lack of leadership, inexperience, and stupidity, of this admin and co. By the way, holder you are on notice for a law suit coming your way, and you won't bury this one a-hole! America is on to you and your discriminatory rhetoric and by virtue of all Americans, you are going down you useless piece of dung, only to be posted this way. SH.T!! head.
The law is for everyone, and you are not above it. You are the head of the Justice Dept? Guess what, you are ultimately responsible for the actions of your subordinates, just like in the military. Run you stupid Idiot, before all of America catches you!!! Run Fast and Furious!!!!!
if you are business man, how on earth can two months tax break benefit and senseless at best. Mitch McConnell and the rest of RINO senators have no clue in business environment. house GOP can do whatever it takes and the time needed doing the right thing by its term. this is not pelosi forum and shove the obamacare up her nose.
It was the dems that did the 2 month tax thing, not the repubs! Boehner refuted it and denied it as he should as it did not allow for less spending!! How do you get out of Debt? NOT by spending more!!! When will these a.shole dems learn the 1st rule of economics!!!!!!! Spend less, recover from debt!!!!!!
Actually Robert, as usual and right on cue you are once again incorrect. You don't posess the wherewithal to realize, this fight is not the reps against the dems, It's the house reps taking on the senate reps. LOL Should be entertaining to watch.
Marked as the worst republican party in the House since the start of politics in America. McCain said it best: The only supporters we have is our relatives. If we don't change our ways, we will lose them.
They just need more time to contact their master. Adolf Hitler is a bitch to get ahold of these days. Lets vote out these stupid aholes and their damn worthless capitalism. destroy the teabaggers
Anarchy is the obvious answer nikkiboy! By the way, Hitler was a socialist. Govt control of everything. Sound like anybody living on Pennsylvania Ave?
Go back to your wall street warlords blamo, we don't need your teabag stupidity here
And your replacement? Communism? Socialism? Facism? all of which have failed in the years of the world. Look into history before you make stupid remarks!
Most remarks on msnbdc are by children that have been indoctrinated that all is for everyone! Guess what, it is not so, so get off of your lazy asses and get a job, you don't start at the top, you work your way there, get a grip on reality, and quit Alinsky/ Obama as they are your downfall!!!!
We just need to take back our money that all the rich are hoarding. we need to take back our money from the rich and wall street and reform the tax code so its fair for the other 99% of us.
Bob, I call them Demolemmings. They will follow their messiah right over the cliff into the sea.
The house did not punt: the dems in the senate deceived, lied, and dropped the ball like the president and all the liberal idiots in this country have done. We need a wake up call...how stupid can we be that we let the news media, the democrat liars continue to be in telling us lies. Wow: wake up, destroy the money makers, make those who make it be the enemy while we tell the losers that the rich are the problem....get a life....the dems are the liars and losers and the black president that they put in place to do their ugly work of bringing communist ways of life into this country alive is an absolute joke. Come on man...don't be like ESPN and let their liberal commentators rule your lives......enough, putting two blacks, two whites, three blacks, two whites, one white,two blacks rule the air ways is enough...how stupid and manipulated are we as citizens to allow the liberals to rule us in this country. Let the left rule and we will all be drugged with the lies of communist. Hey: Limbaugh was 100% right concerning McNab: he got fired and he was the best of the crew: look at the losers on Monday night football and listen to their lousy deceiving lies and weak comments. Wow: I have just revealed what liberalism is all about......lie, deceive, and continue with that and soon you will have a lot of europe thinking people living in the U.S.
little richard
you are on the edge.
please take your meds and come back to reality. your thoughts will then be appreciated.
Maybe in his rant, such a truth shall unveil/prevail??? Why are you socially perfect?
All or nothing. None of this 2 month maybe, maybe not kind of nonsense. Businesses and individuals need to be able to plan their hiring, saving, spending around the tax code. The whole damn thing needs to be eliminated and a flat tax or national sales tax put in place. No wonder unemployment is so high. There is and has been so much uncertainty on taxes and regulations that everyone is holding on to cash. Businesses are loading up on cash, consumers are not spending, and the economy is flatlining. Stand firm, House republicans. Give us some consistency. All or nothing. A year or nothing.
Would you please stop making sense! You and the post prior to yours are ruining the lunacy of this blog.
I'm so hoping it's nothing! I am more than willing to take the hit as long as people such as you Richard and Linda get exactly what you asked for. Merry Christmas! Hope you can afford to eat afterwards. On second thought.........nah, never mind.
Republicans will do anything to hurt Americans. Here is the latest about Obama and the webpage to find it.
California politician advocates assassination of Obama and family
Facebook faux pas: California libertarian and Tea Party darling Jules Manson is caught calling for the assassination of President Barack Obama and his children.
On Sunday, many Facebook users were greeted by the shocking spectacle of a California libertarian and Ron Paul supporter by the name of Jules Manson advocating for the assassination of President Barack Obama. Manson, a failed politician, recently ran for and lost a seat on the City of Carson’s City Council last March.
The following is the text of Manson’s racist, treasonous, deplorable post:
Assassinate the f----- n----- and his monkey children”
http://www.examiner.com/democrat-in-national/california-politician-advocates-assassination-of-obama-and-family?fb_comment_id=fbc_10150481264902206_20391855_10150481509377206
S.T.F.U as.hole, you can actually be hauled in for inciting a riot with your stupid, non supported post. If you worship this ass...; good for you, but don't try to deny the truth of your/ his inequities, as he has many!! Unqualified, inexperienced, no business sense or experience, want me to continue, oh yeah, a flat out liar and narcissist idiot that looks down his nose on America and thinks that all around him is wrong and he can do NO WRONG but fix it! Yeah right. Actuall unemployment is at 11.9% not what the admin is trying to show as they won't show those that gave up, just those recieving these super extended benefits that the working man has to support through his taxes!! Screw that. Let's go back to the original unemployment. It was $76.00 a week, guess what, I looked for a job real quick. It wasn't an income as obama and pelosi have made it on the back of the true Americans, the ones that work and still work after looking for another job and adjusting their lives! Imagine that. In 1990, if you didn't go look for at least 5 jobs, and be able to prove it, you got kicked off of unemployment! Pelosi, time to re-enact this policy as unemployment doesn't generate 600,00 jobs as you so proclaim.Try some facts you idiot of the west!!!
What's the matter Robert, you prefer to keep your hero's in the closet? LOL
Ever body should pay taxes not just 50 percent .Time for the free stuff to stop.
I agree. How can you justify someone paying no federal tax getting a refund. (earned income tax credit) How bout $100.00 a year in taxes for these folks? They use (abuse) Government services.
These are oblowholes supporters, the illegals et al, whom have figured out how to cheat the system and win with no checks and balances by the guv. yeah, afraid to offend someone!! I'm NOT. Kick the damn illegals off of social security as they never PAID INTO IT and it is NOT AN ENTITLEMENT, get that out of your mind!! I've paid into this nsystem since 1960 and have yet to recieve a dime from my mandatory payroll deduction. It was set up to help the retiring workers, not the effin illegals in this country that I see reaping benefits that I can't get as a combat vet or as an AMERICAN, Imagine that America!!!
The tea party is an insult to our country. Don't they see how bad it's making them and the USA look? Oh my gosh, the ignorance is overwhelming. OPEN YOUR EYES!!
And O.W.S is a scathing promotion?? Get real fool!!!!!!!!!!
Who should I write in Micky mouse or Donald duck
Ahhh Government, so useless yet people think you're the solution to something...
Ain't that the truth!
Americans are not idiots. they are digesting each and every partisan battle in Washington and clearly seeing that Republicans in Congress are the enemy of this country, fighting against recovery and progress on every single issue. The issue of the payroll tax cut is indicative of the GOP's loss of public trust. Here is the party that claims lower taxes as its guiding star, yet they cannot muster support for a measure that passed in a purely bipartisan fashion in the Senate simply because it will help the economy and stoke the embers if recovery. Republicans are rooting for America to fail in order to oust Obama. This is wrong. http://www.sunstateactivist.org
hear hear !!!
F@#$ the teapublican party! For them, its a slam dunk to pass tax cuts for the uber rich without offsetting the cost but when it comes to the normal hard working American middle working class - hell no, we have to cut more social programs. The only thing more disgusting than these guys are those that are too stupid and keep voting for them to stay in office.
If you ARE NOT MAKING A MILLION A YEAR - The teapublicans are not your friend and are legislating to screw you. Wake up America!!!
Cowboy up big boy. Take care of yourself. Nobody owes you anything.
if the rich are just using the working class to make them more rich and us more poor. we need to take back our money by whatever means necessary!!
Burn in Hell, Republicans, you traitors. America despises you.
So, what are the Dems arguing about. What is the advantage to a two month cut in taxes when you can get a year? I don't see the trap. LOL
Is there some big advantage to doing the other 10 months in February? Congress need the work?