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Be a nice gesture from BO to cool it with the putt putt golf in light of our situation, but taking into consideration his culture and upbringing you know that won't happen.
He gots to gets his while he can.
Bush did not give up golf. He only lied again claiming he did.
Also, are you really comparing war to suspending White House tours? Seriously, if the Republicans think the suspension of White House tours is such a crisis, why on earth did they allow the sequester to happen? Have the Republicans gone bat **** nuts???
Just because the House has passed over 30 bills and sent them to the Senate and ole harry throws them in the trash doesn't mean he wants to compromise.
I mean he could assign them to the respective committees and have them discussed, amended and voted on then either passed or not passed.
How about the Senate passing a budget so BOTH Houses can get together and COMPROMISE on a final budget to be sent to the president?
HR 3630 - The Middle Class Tax Relief & Job Creation Act of 2011 - This bill does indeed extend the "docfix" and unemployment insurance for a year, but with a hefty price.
In addition to freezing federal workers' pay for three years, it requires issuance of a permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline in advance of the proposed routing by Nebraska, suspends the newly-issued mercury regulations and extends 100% expensing of business equipment (including private jets). Another so-called "jobs bill", HR 1938, was passed giving a November 1, 2011 deadline for the Keystone pipeline.
With regard to unemployment insurance benefits, it cuts the 99-week maximum down to a 59-week maximum by mid-2012, allow states to drug-test UI recipients, and allow states to reduce state unemployment benefits and substitute federal funds. It also cuts funding for key provisions of the Affordable Care Act coming online, and adds the requirement to welfare payments that EBT cards cannot work in strip clubs, liquor stores and casinos.
Provisions were included to auction more broadband spectrum and reclassify the 700mhz D Block as public safety broadband use only, which would be a huge payoff to Verizon Wireless lobbyists, who won that block with requirements that it remain open, after Google challenged the auction process.
It would force Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to pay increased guarantee fees similar in scope to those due from large banks as a part of the Dodd-Frank Act, means-tests unemployment insurance benefits and food stamp programs and increases Federal employees' contributions to their retirement system by 1.5% while freezing pay, so their pensions take a double-whammy.
Finally, it repeals the new timing rules for estimated corporate tax payments for companies with assets of $1 billion or more so that they can use payments of estimated taxes as a timing tool for fourth quarter profit declarations.
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HR 3094 - Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act
HR 3094 redefines collective bargaining units and makes significant changes to election procedures, including one intended to intimidate employees: an employer-supplied list of eligible voters with contact information provided by the employee.
Not a jobs bill. A union-buster bill.
I do believe your partisanship is showing, you'd better cover it up, you'll catch a cold.
Those 30 bills were called jobs bills by the GOP controlled house, but are anything BUT jobs bills.
Do you ever fact check anything you post in defense of your party? Just a suggestion.
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