For weeks after Republicans took control of the House and increased their numbers in the Senate in the November midterm elections, Obama and congressional Democrats insisted that the Bush tax-cut extension be applied only for low and middle-income taxpayers. But Republicans insisted that the extension be applied to all taxpayers, including the nation's millionaires and billionaires.
Senate Republicans all but shut down the upper chamber, refusing to allow votes on any bills unless and until the Bush tax cuts were extended across the board.
That's the way you, me, and the remainder of the civilized world remember it.
too bad the agreement was made and signed after the mid-terms when the Dems no longer had control and all the GOP could talk about was a 'mandate' and all..
but nice try blaming the Dems..
the GOP drug their feet,blocked votes,whined and threw every obstruction they had to fuck up the system. just like always, and there was no choice butto give them their way, which was an extension on the wealthiest along with the middle class..or they would fuck the rest of the country by letting all cuts expire, not to mention other issues as well that were up for grabs at that time...and really, who cares if they can't pay for that extension (haha-sure they care about deficits)..as long as the Koch Bros get their tax-cut the GOP will spend us into oblivion..
This too...
and I'm really tired of this fake idea you have and promote that just because the Dems had the house and senate they were able to do everything they wanted..
Yet lilMike and his comrades fail to remember the damage filibustering has done to the reputation of their party and Congress. We are just now beginning to see it come back around and bite them in their lilAsses.
