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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 03:49 PM Original message |
All of the posturing over the President's compromise 'framework'. Will Congress do any differently? |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
1. will they? |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 04:22 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. ??? |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 04:25 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. give me a break |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 04:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. I personally hope they do |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 01:12 AM Response to Reply #6 |
19. it looks like they'll just adopt the President's plan in the Senate |
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Tatiana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
4. Well, this is (in a roundabout way) turning out to be a good strategy on the part of the President. |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 05:05 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I wonder if they got that |
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Tatiana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 05:19 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. I think the burden is on them to get something better than what the President negotiated done. |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
5. Dunno, but just thought of a camel: |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
8. I don't know what will come out of it. |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 05:20 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. why should it go back at/to the President? It's a framework. It's not binding. |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 05:29 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. You keep saying framework, but that is not what they were told |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 05:40 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. you can't make what Biden says or wants binding to what Congress does |
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Life Long Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
12. After they quit playing games they will give a minor tweak |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 06:55 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. that's right. That's going to be the extent of their grousing and grandstanding |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 07:06 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. It's his cover. And Congress isn't playing games. |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 07:15 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Congress is most certainly playing games on this |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
17. On Hardball, Matthews had Ezra Klein on with the back story of this |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 07:56 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. saw that |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 01:40 AM Response to Original message |
20. Let's see, the House passed, and sent on to the Senate, |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 01:47 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. let's see. He can propose legislation. He can veto it. The rest is just talk. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 01:54 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. So, with over two weeks left in the legislative session, where the fuck is he? |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 02:03 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. If he went on the road, folks would complain that he wasn't in Washington |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 02:08 AM Response to Original message |
24. If 'slight tweaking' is getting rid of the SS gutting 'payroll tax holiday,' it will be worth it. nt |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 02:10 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. I can't find where that's been touched |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 03:10 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Just that Sanders in the Senate is trying to fight it. |
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