Reply #16: Of course they can't. Obama would veto it.

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For a compromise bill to pass, you have to have the support of the president. Otherwise you have to have two thirds of both houses on your side.

Obama cut their feet from under them. Without him telling the GOP that he would veto whatever they pass that includes a tax cut for the rich, the Dems in Congress have no chance. If he did make that proclamation, we would at least get a chance to pressure them into a compromise. Now all the Dems can do is obstruct.