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Re: House Passes Payroll Tax Cut Extension With Keystone Pipeline Provision Read mor
I thought the Dems were all about, "compromise".
I think the Dem's position on this bill is that it shouldn't be a Dem bill where they need to make concessions to the Reps in order to get it passed. The Reps should be behind it 100% and require no concessions. That's why they're threatening to veto it. This is, after all, a tax cut, or at least an extension of one. If they're willing to let it expire, they should be equally willing to let other tax cuts expire (specifically the bush ones, which we all know isn't so).
I'm actually mostly for approving the pipeline, but I object to this bill more on principal than content. Tax cuts and the pipeline aren't really related, and I'm of the opinion that bills going through congress should pertain to only a single subject at a time. In other words, the Reps can negotiate concessions from the Dems in this bill, but only if those concessions are related to taxes. Likewise, if concessions need to be made to get the pipeline approved, those concessions should be related to environmental protection.
I thought the Dems were all about, "compromise".