Top Democrats Suspect Republicans Try To Sabotage Economy To Hurt Obama [View all]
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WASHINGTON -- Are Republican lawmakers deliberately stalling the economic recovery to hurt President Barack Obama's re-election chances? Some top Democrats say yes, pointing to GOP stances on the debt limit and other issues that they claim are causing unnecessary economic anxiety and retarding growth.
The latest Democratic complaint came after House Speaker John Boehner said Tuesday that when Congress raises the nation's borrowing cap in early 2013, he will again insist on big spending cuts to offset the increase. Boehner, R-Ohio, continues to reject higher tax rates, which Democrats demand from the wealthy.
That led Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., to say Boehner is virtually assuring another debt-ceiling crisis as bad or worse than the one that shook financial markets nine months ago.
"The last thing the country needs is a rerun of last summer's debacle that nearly brought down our economy," Schumer said in a statement. In an interview, Schumer added: "I hope that the speaker is not doing this because he doesn't want to see the economy improve, because what he said will certainly rattle the markets."
Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/19/gop-debt-ceiling_n_1529718.html?ref=politics
"Our top political priority over the next two years should be to deny president Obama a second term." ~Mitch McConnell
A little slow aren't they?
Oh and for those who like to say Republicans and Democrats are the same...
"I certainly think bipartisanship ought to consist of Democrats coming to the Republican point of view. Bipartisanship means they have to come our way. To me, the highlight of politics, frankly, is to inflict my opinion on someone else with a microphone or in front of a camera." ~Indiana Republican Senate nominee Richard Mourdock
Both parties are NOT the same.
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