Boehner: No decision on accepting 'cliff' pact

December 31, 2012 @ 8:38 pm

Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) - House Speaker John Boehner (BAY'-nur) and his leadership team say they need to review a Senate pact that would increase taxes on incomes exceeding $400,000 before deciding to schedule a vote on the measure or try to change it.

In a joint statement late Monday, House GOP leaders promised to keep their commitment to act on the measure if it passes the Senate. But they say they won't decide whether to accept the measure or to amend it and send it back to the Senate until lawmakers and their constituents have a chance to review the legislation.

Democrats would likely oppose any effort to amend the measure to make it more to GOP liking. That would likely make it almost impossible for Republicans to quickly rewrite the measure.


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  • longwayhome wrote...
    That tan
    December 2, 2012 7:02 pm
    Isn't from sitting on a golf course. It's from alcohol abuse. Granted, boner likes to golf, but most of his golfing is at the bar at the end of the 18th hole. He is at the helm for the republicans, he and that mcconell loser are going to further ruin whatever credibility the republicans have in Govt. Can't wait until 2014 when all these clowns are gone.
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  • longwayhome wrote...
    boner isn't that smart!
    December 2, 2012 8:10 pm
    Telling Geithner "You can't be serious" Who does he think he is? boner is an alcoholic, a has been, he is on his way out and he knows it. How can he tell ANYONE about how to run the Govt? 2014 and he's on the golf course for a long time. Actually he is in the BAR at the golf course.
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  • HLC wrote...
    longwayfromanIQ
    December 19, 2012 11:18 am
    What would you call Geithner? How about a tax cheat? Him and Obozo should be sharing a jail cell with Holder. The Three Stooges Revisited.
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  • It's me! Ha ha! wrote...
    Boehner stand firm.
    December 19, 2012 1:17 pm
    The Dear Leader has gotten everything he wanted for the last four years. Now he want taxes increased on Americans. Make the Dear Leader compromise with the American people for once!
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  • CH wrote...
    Boehner stand firm? take another look Boo Hoo . . . .
    December 20, 2012 7:00 pm
    he's a limp noodle.
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  • maplefish wrote...
    Obama, Reid and the other Dems
    December 21, 2012 6:55 am
    in the Senate haven't passed a Budget in 4 years. Even Obama's own deciples would vote for his stupidity. Obama wants the fiscal cliff. You idiots dont get the magnatude of what is going to happen and its all going to fall on the backs of your beloved "Middle Class". "Quantitative Easing" is a very clever play on words for printing more moeny and the slow destruction of the Middle class. You idiots on the left need to pay attention and ask yourselves why you think Obama is refusing to compromise...
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  • CH wrote...
    House GOP leaders promised to keep their commitment to act on the measure if it passes the Senate . . . .
    December 31, 2012 7:59 pm
    Grover Norquist ring a bell? Hell-no has come to end for the Republican House Circus Clowns.
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  • longwayhome wrote...
    Defend your heroes
    December 31, 2012 8:06 pm
    They will all be gone in 2014. The "drug addled pipsqueak" in the White House will be there for the next four (4) years, and his memory will linger for the eight (8) years after that when Hillary takes the helm. Did your caregivers at the nursing home in Sequim let you have the computer for awhile, bill? Not to worry, your attends will be changed directly.
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  • longwayhome wrote...
    On that meth again its the idiot?
    December 31, 2012 8:35 pm
    Pretty strong accusations coming from the stupidest person with access to a computer in the history of mankind. How do you think the rest of the posters on this site view your opinions? On a scale of 1 to 10, do you think you are, Smart? Witty? Insightful? Politically Savvy? What is your opinion of yourself? You have given us ample reason to doubt your sanity many times but this last post is over the top. Are you Stoned? Drunk, or just off your meds? New Year resolution for you, get some anti-depressants.
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  • CH wrote...
    On a scale of 1 to 10 ---- She is a minus 20 . . . .
    December 31, 2012 8:41 pm
    How is King Obama doing today? Tomorrow?
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  • longwayhome wrote...
    By the way
    December 31, 2012 9:00 pm
    Has the bill law idiot been in Sweden lately? Did the nursing home in Sequim let him go on another trip? I hope his attends went with him. Heard rumors of a dust up with authorities over a Santa sighting, right up bill's alley.
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