House GOP Refuses to Allow Dem Whip to Speak on Floor & Offer Senate Compromise

This morning, Speaker Pro Tempore Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA), under orders from Speaker Boehner, refused to allow Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer to speak on the floor and ask for unanimous consent to bring up the Senate bipartisan compromise to extend the payroll tax cut. Whip Hoyer and Congressman Chris Van Hollen are continuing to try to offer the Senate compromise even though Republicans walked off the floor. Once again, Republicans are risking a tax increase on 160 million Americans and the loss unemployment benefits for those who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own.

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[judyleasugar97]

The worst thing is Paul's hands off govt policies would allow multi national corporations to completely take over. Congress is already close to being completely corporate bought.

[judyleasugar97]

@aw4991: No one ever got rich on their own. There are a lot of hard working employees behind them. Time to treat the employees decently.

[TheJuggernaut88]

even if the Republicunts did not agree with the bill they could have at least talked about it rather than just walk away without even a discussion.

[MrMrbobblehead]

me oops

[MrMrbobblehead]

trick me once shame on u trick me twice shame on u trick me three time shame on u.

[MrMrbobblehead]

Santorum is decent republican but if mit or newt has any chance in hell of being the next president i will completley lose any confidence in america.

[MrMrbobblehead]

with exception to ron paul and he is a libertarian.

[MrMrbobblehead]

gay marriage and abortion is the only reasons I could see anyone voteing not voteing democrat on all other stances they own the republican party on all debates.

[despotzapper]

That's only because the Namblacrats raised these taxes so goddamn high in the first place.

If the democrat party gave shit about the working class family they would stop the games and give Gop members the means to invoke PERMANENT tax cuts. And you pay for the cuts with LESS spending. What a tragedy after 2 whole fucking years all of Congress (except for retiring fugitives) needs to be thown out yet a second time.

[tomitstube]

the right wing party of "no". "hell no you can't". republicans, bought and sold, just like the corporate puppets they truly are. purposely sabotaging the economy, ruining millions of lives for political theater.

nancy pelosi said it best when she wondered aloud what the working class ever did to republicans.

[TheFriendlyRoach]

@x0PUNKER0X the OWS "movement" had only one effect: to show that there are some giant losers and criminals loose on the streets wasting away their lives because they're lazy, envious and stupid

[x0PUNKER0X]

@TheFriendlyRoach: Considering how much of an effect the OWS movement has had, I would say you people are the losers. Wake up and see that you are doing nothing but support Wall Street fatcats.