Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) charges Obama with "beginning the unraveling of Social Security"

[Major Nikon]

62. So why are you throwing so many progressive democrats "under the bus"???

For the most progressive members of congress, the majority voted FOR the payroll tax holiday. For the ones who voted against it, many (if not most) cited funding as their reasons, not anything to do with "defending social security". So why do you think progressive members of congress like Barney Frank and Dennis Kucinich voted for this if it is so detrimental so SS as you claim?

Basic research...

Congressional Progressive Caucus members who voted for the payroll tax holiday in 2012:

Ed Pastor (AZ-4, Phoenix)
Raúl Grijalva (AZ-7, Tucson) - Co-Chair
George Miller (CA-7, Richmond)
Pete Stark (CA-13, Fremont)
Janice Hahn (CA-36, San Pedro)
Michael Honda (CA-15, San Jose)
Henry Waxman (CA-30, Los Angeles)
Xavier Becerra (CA-31, Los Angeles)
Judy Chu (CA-32, El Monte)
Karen Bass (CA-33, Baldwin Hills)
Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34, Los Angeles)
Maxine Waters (CA-35, Inglewood)
Laura Richardson (CA-37, Long Beach)
Linda Sánchez (CA-39, Lakewood)
Jared Polis (CO-02, Boulder)
Rosa DeLauro (CT-3, New Haven)
Corrine Brown (FL-3, Jacksonville)
John Lewis (GA-5, Atlanta)
Mazie Hirono (HI-2, Honolulu)
Bobby Rush (IL-1, Chicago)
Jesse Jackson, Jr. (IL-2, Chicago Heights)
Jan Schakowsky (IL-9, Chicago)
André Carson (IN-7, Indianapolis)
Dave Loebsack (IA-2, Cedar Rapids)
John Olver (MA-1, Amherst)
Jim McGovern (MA-3, Worcester)
Barney Frank (MA-4, Newton)
John Tierney (MA-6, Salem)
Ed Markey (MA-7, Malden)
John Conyers (MI-14, Detroit)
Bennie Thompson (MS-2, Bolton)
Frank Pallone (NJ-06, Long Branch)
Donald Payne (NJ-10, Newark)
Ben R. Luján (NM-3, Santa Fe)
Jerry Nadler (NY-8, Manhattan)
Nydia Velázquez (NY-12, Brooklyn)
Carolyn Maloney (NY-14, Manhattan)
Charles Rangel (NY-15, Harlem)
José Serrano (NY-16, Bronx)
Maurice Hinchey (NY-22, Saugerties)
Louise Slaughter (NY-28, Rochester)
Mel Watt (NC-12, Charlotte)
Marcy Kaptur (OH-9, Toledo)
Dennis Kucinich (OH-10, Cleveland)
Earl Blumenauer (OR-3, Portland)
Bob Brady (PA-1, Philadelphia)
Chaka Fattah (PA-2, Philadelphia)
David Cicilline (RI-1, Providence)
Steve Cohen (TN-9, Memphis)
Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18, Houston)
Tammy Baldwin (WI-2, Madison)
Gwen Moore (WI-4, Milwaukee)

Voting against...

Mike Capuano (MA-8, Boston)
Yvette Clarke (NY-11, Brooklyn)
William Lacy Clay, Jr. (MO-1, St. Louis)
Emanuel Cleaver (MO-5, Kansas City) - Chairman, Congressional Black Caucus
Elijah Cummings (MD-7, Baltimore)
Danny Davis (IL-7, Chicago)
Peter DeFazio (OR-4, Eugene)
Donna Edwards (MD-4, Fort Washington)
Keith Ellison (MN-5, Minneapolis) - Co-Chair
Sam Farr (CA-17, Monterey)
Bob Filner (CA-51, San Diego)
Marcia Fudge (OH-11, Warrensville Heights)
Luis Gutierrez (IL-4, Chicago)
Alcee Hastings (FL-23, Fort Lauderdale)
Hank Johnson (GA-4, Lithonia)
Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX-30, Dallas)
Barbara Lee (CA-9, Oakland)
Jim McDermott (WA-7, Seattle)
Jim Moran (VA-8, Alexandria)
Chellie Pingree (ME-1, North Haven)
Peter Welch (VT-At Large)
Frederica Wilson (FL-17, Miami)
Lynn Woolsey (CA-6, Santa Rosa)