It’s finally happened. The House Republicans found a tax cut they don’t like.
The payroll tax cut that puts money back into the pockets of lower and middle class families is due to expire at the end of the year and the House refuses to vote on the bipartisan version that the Senate approved.
Why would they do this? Because the Senate Republicans didn’t use this critical measure to take enough hostages. They got by with forcing the President to make a quick decision on the super-polluting Keystone XL pipeline and defunding light bulb efficiency standards but that wasn’t sufficient for House Republicans. While they’re claiming that they’re objecting because the tax cut is only extended for two months, allowing for further negotiations in the meantime, the real reason is that the House Republicans want to add more right wing social legislation before they’ll do the right thing for Americans.
This is the exact same strategy they’ve been using for months - when government funding ran out, when the debt ceiling came up - to force through far right legislation. They care more about party politics than helping out lower and middle income Americans.
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