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    Boehner: House won't approve 2-mo payroll tax cut

    By ALAN FRAM | AP – Mon, Dec 19, 2011

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The House intends to vote down a two-month extension of the payroll tax cut that cleared the Senate late last week, Speaker John Boehner said Monday, and request immediate negotiations on a full-year renewal that can provide "certainty for people who are trying to create jobs."

    "I don't believe the differences between the House and Senate are that great," Boehner said at a news conference, although he provided no estimate on how long it might take to produce a compromise.

    Without action by Congress, both the payroll tax cut and a program for long-term unemployment benefits will expire on Jan. 1.

    Boehner spoke after a chaotic weekend in which Senate leaders first failed to agree on a full-year bill, then coalesced around the two-month-extension that passed overwhelmingly, only to spark a revolt among GOP conservatives in the House.

    There was no immediate reaction from either the White House or leaders in the Senate, which adjourned for the year shortly after approving its version of the bill.

    The revolt of the rank and file placed Boehner and Republicans in a difficult position, just as it appeared they had outmaneuvered President Barack Obama by assuring that the legislation would require him to make a swift decision on construction of a proposed oil pipeline. He had announced he would put off the issue until after the presidential election in 2012 rather than decide the fate of a project that divided normal Democratic allies, environmentalists opposed and several labor unions in favor.

    In a television interview shortly before Boehner's news conference, White House communications director Dan Pfeiffer accused Boehner of reversing his position on the two-month measure because of a "tea party revolt, and warned that failure to pass legislation could result in higher taxes on 160 million workers.

    But Boehner said that was not the case. "I raised concerns about the two-month process from the moment I heard about it," he said.

    He called on members of the Senate to "put their vacations on hold" and return to forge a compromise.

    Obama has said repeatedly Congress should not quit for the year until the tax cut has been extended.

     
     
    • TERRIBLE T
      TERRIBLE T  •  5 mths ago
      This is bull snot. What have these politicians been doing since January 3, 2011? They wait for deadlines to get anything accomplished. These politicians should not be allowed to go on Christmas break until they get all of the 2011 business completed. Instead of signing a pledge to Grover Norquist, they should sign a pledge to the American people to do their #$%$ jobs in a timely manner. These same politicians caused USA's credit rating to be downgraded because of their political games.
      • Dave
        Dave 5 mths ago
        But they did vote on and pass the important issue that pizza is a vegetible.....
      • Johnny B
        Johnny B 5 mths ago
        And you may thank house Republicans, & Tea Partiers for it
      • GB
        GB 5 mths ago
        AND the DEMwits for saying NO to every proposal sent to them.
    • ThaBeav
      ThaBeav  •  5 mths ago
      Tick-tock, you a-holes (both parties). Get to work and do what you were hired to do. You can be fired too!
      • A Yahoo! User 5 mths ago
        yes, they should be fired, but do you think the American people are smart enough to vote them all out ? I don't think so.
      • oldman1
        oldman1 5 mths ago
        thy do not care if they are voted out they still get the same pay and benefit package and then even make more money being a lobbyist.
      • Jim
        Jim 5 mths ago
        i;d rather vote a homeless whino in... wait we have them now
    • Tony
      Tony  •  5 mths ago
      Im so sick of these politicians, they need to throw all these bumbs out of office for good.
      • Tom T KC
        Tom T KC 5 mths ago
        No not all of them there are some good ones although not many I will agree.
      • A Yahoo! User 5 mths ago
        "they need to throw all these bumbs out..." It's WE THE PEOPLE that elect them, it's WE THE PEOPLE that must throw them out. I hope you include yourself in the election process.

        Also, what's the rush? let's not forget it is the Democratic controlled SENATE that has REFUSED to pass a Budget in almost two years. How many of you operate you homes or businesses without a budget? It's kind of like playing russian roulet with our dollars. Absurd!

        On the subject of vacations, we haven't taken one in over two years. I'd love to spend Christmas in Hawaii. But, it ain't gonna happen this year. Overworked and underpaid. And, vacation doesn't fit in the budget unless you are a government employee. Look how much fun they are having at our expense!
    • Ernie
      Ernie  •  Binghamton, United States  •  5 mths ago
      this crap is funny.we the people have the power.whether anyone wants to believe it or not.and i say we the people should make them all work for their government regulated $7.25 per hour and see how they like it.
      • Wiseman
        Wiseman 5 mths ago
        Yes and make them punch a time clock whenever they show up for work! No more pay for vacationing in the carribean whlie pretending to be at work.
      • Pound Puppy
        Pound Puppy 5 mths ago
        Attention #$%$..the government doesn't regulate wates at $7.50/hr...that is a MINIMUM on FEDERAL JOBS. There is nothing that prevents a company from paying more...except to idiots like you and they do that by choice because you aren't worth any more than $7.50.
      • Gregory
        Gregory 5 mths ago
        Hey Pound Puppy - go pound sand. The point is that our government is out of touch with the American public. They are only in touch with their corporate campaign donors and lobbyists.
    • B.W.
      B.W.  •  5 mths ago
      Why don;t we try TAXING General Electric and 50 of the other Fortune 500 companies that haven't spent a dime on taxes in the last 3 years?

      These companies spend millions on lobbyists treating are politicians like fat cats from cars, to dinners to hell what ever they want. We've had kids risking their lives for 10 years in Iraq and Afghanistan while are politicians sell us out to the highest bidder! I hope some day they have to pay for their abuses of power! We need JUSTICE.
      • Concerned
        Concerned 5 mths ago
        Ask Obama?
      • Riverwalker
        Riverwalker 5 mths ago
        Ask Bush and Cheney too. It didn't just happen under Obama. Wake up
      • David J
        David J 5 mths ago
        Speaking of General Electric; what IS the company doing with its money? It's sure not returning much to its shareholders.
    • I wont your Money
      I wont your Money  •  5 mths ago
      #$%$ we the people are your BOSS
    • B.W.
      B.W.  •  5 mths ago
      So why has GE and 50 other FORTUNE 500 companies not paid any taxes for 3 years?

      Maybe if the AMERICAN people spend millions fattening up our politicians like these companies we'd go tax free as well.
    • crazy man
      crazy man  •  Charlotte, United States  •  5 mths ago
      Would be nice if Obama called the Congress into emergency session, cancelling the Christmas and New Years vacations-----Easter also if needed---until a full budget is passed. And the sessions should be around the clock meetings. Attendance should be mandantory.
    • 1
      1  •  Los Angeles, United States  •  5 mths ago
      They can "work" through the holidays, they get too much time off as it is.
    • PlayfulAtHeart
      PlayfulAtHeart  •  Snellville, United States  •  5 mths ago
      Doesn't anyone think it is interesting that both of these parties can very quickly and quietly pass legislation in a bi-partisan manner that can very easily trump our civil rights, but yet when it comes to legislation that can help the citizens of our country, they can't get a thing accomplished?
    • Harley
      Harley  •  Rockingham, United States  •  5 mths ago
      Together the Republicans & Democrats Passed NAFTA, CAFTA & Free Trade Laws, so Big Business could move to other countries for cheep slave labor. 15+ Million Americans lost good paying jobs & they now pay no taxes from income. Then our Politicans that are Bought & Paid For by Big Business passed more laws to let the Rich & Big Business go Tax Free & then the Dummies in Wasdhington wonder Why there is No Money comming into Washington. ( & yes I know I probably did not spell everything correctly & Yes I know I put caps where they are not required, get over it, Our Country has Too many problems to worry about the #$%$)
    • tony d
      tony d  •  Wilmington, United States  •  5 mths ago
      Vacations? What have any of them done for the American People to deserve a vacation?
    • Rational Thinker
      Rational Thinker  •  Columbus, United States  •  5 mths ago
      Boehner needs to know that the time to stop the nonsense was years ago. That is what citizens have been tell you idiots who now have an approval rating of 8%. He should have known that by the continuing downward trend in APPROVAL rating.
    • Michael
      Michael  •  San Bernardino, United States  •  5 mths ago
      Haha... turn those planes around, all you Senators.
    • alfred
      alfred  •  Oklahoma City, United States  •  5 mths ago
      I am all for the payroll tax cut extentsion. But do not defund SS to pay for it.
      Cut maybe some spending and perks of the Rank, File, and Staffs of Congress maybe.

      I am curious how many $10 bottles of water are bought a day, $15 sodas, $25 Subway sands each day. and the list goes on and on. just 10 sodas would pay someone a weely unemployment check.

      what about $50 reems of printing paper, $1k for toners and ink cartrigages, basically all their needs and wants are paid for while they are congressmen. and they get a miserly salery to boot.

      But back to my original Statement. "I am all for the payroll tax cut extentsion. But do not defund SS to pay for it." This bill they talk about (like the last) come directly out of SS to pay for it.

      SS up until 2yrs ago made a surplus every year that goverment got to take at the end of year. WHY take 4 1/2-6% out of it. there are many ways to pay for this Taxcut. Start with knock some people off the high perches and letting them be accountable.

      AMERICA NEEDS A MORE EDUCATED VOTING POPULACE
    • Paula
      Paula  •  5 mths ago
      question: why in the world won't we BUILD a refinery closer to Canada? Piping it across the country makes no sense whatsoever. imho
    • Thomas
      Thomas  •  Peoria, United States  •  5 mths ago
      10 years since Bush's tax cuts. Where are the jobs??? I'm sick of the GOP holding the middle class hostage.
    • MUTE2006
      MUTE2006  •  Pleasanton, United States  •  5 mths ago
      The house Republicans over and over show they are only interested
      In trying to make President Obama the escape goat on their bill and give
      Us a lump of coal for Christmas. The GOP is showing less and less that
      they even belief in a democratic country and more that the imposition
      of equality is detrimental to their plans for this country. Check your
      egos at the door and work for the betterment of all the people, not
      just some small percentage.
    • 2012
      2012  •  Atlanta, United States  •  5 mths ago
      When President Obama wanted to let the Bush tax cuts expire for the upper 2% Boehner said it was insane to raise taxes on anyone during a rescission. Today we know his real motivation.
    • Old Mommie
      Old Mommie  •  Pocatello, United States  •  5 mths ago
      The reason: 1. Republicans don't want to look bad during an election year.
      2. The Republicans want to put the pipe line through fast.
      3. There hope is in one year a Republican can make the decision about the Taxing of American workers.
      I say: "Throw the Congressmen out and get new blood in there."
      The real story "I am sick, sick of politicians!" Their words mean nothing....lies just flow from their evil greedy mouths!
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