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Boehner has been pointing out that it provides nothing that companies, individuals etc. can plan on. It merely "kicks the can down the road" for a brief time, and the whole fight has to begin again almost immediately.
Harry Reid thought it would give Obama another two months to kick the can down the road in order to "decide" about the proposed Keystone pipeline.
It is all politics. Obama is immitating Harry Truman's 1948 re-election campaign aginst a "do nothing" Congress. For this platform to remain plausible he must have Reid block everything.
In his book The Last Campaign, Zachary Karabell writes: “It was a campaign of us and them, of anger and bitterness, of the haves and have-nots. Truman fought to lead the country for another four years, and to achieve that victory he was willing to sow dissension, stir up fear, and slander his opponents.” In this sense, President Obama is sure to channel the Spirit of ’48.
At his whistle-stops, Truman ranted: “The Republican gluttons of privilege are cold men. They are cunning men. And it is their constant aim to put the government of the United States under the control of men like themselves. They want a return of the Wall Street economic dictatorship.” Subtle. This was when he wasn’t comparing Republicans to Hitler and Tojo as threats to democracy.
$2,000????? What? Are you saying that we will all see $250/week more in our paychecks???? LMAO... Where in the world did you get those numbers? From Obama's calculator?
Ask Boner, he was for it before the teabaggers told him he was against it.
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