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Bachmann: GOP could scuttle tax deal tied to extending jobless aid
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| Contributor | Brandonius Maximus |
| Last Edited | Brandonius Maximus Dec 06, 2010 04:29pm |
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| Author | Michael O'Brien |
| News Date | Monday, December 6, 2010 10:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | A House Tea Party leader said Monday that GOP lawmakers might vote down an extension of tax cuts if it's tied to an extension in unemployment aid.
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), the chairwoman of the House Tea Party Caucus, said Republicans could balk at voting to extend all the tax cuts for two years if it's tied to a long-term extension of jobless benefits.
"I don't know that Republicans would necessarily go along with that vote. That would be a very hard vote to take," Bachmann said on conservative talker Sean Hannity's radio show on Monday.
President Obama is said to be amenable to extending all the tax cuts for two years as a concession to Republicans as long as unemployment benefits and certain tax breaks are extended as well.
Republican lawmakers have consistently opposed further extensions of unemployment benefits because, the GOP complained, spending on those benefits was not offset by cuts elsewhere in the budget. Democrats have argued that the spending on jobless benefits is an "emergency," and doesn't need to be paid for under "pay-go" rules. |
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