Republicans filibuster bill that would cut taxes, create jobs
The current GOP strategy is this: say NO to everything; make everything as bad as possible before the elections in November and run on the platform that Democrats are obstructionists who aren't making anything better.
Say What?! Republicans Filibuster Tax-Cutting Jobs Bill | TPMDC
All 41 Senate Republicans yesterday filibustered a jobs package comprised largely of tax cuts.
You read that right. Republicans filibustered tax cuts.
By the GOP's own admission, the underlying legislation has broad bipartisan support. It would create a $30 billion Treasury-backed fund to help community banks issue loans to small businesses and provide entrepreneurs with $12 billion in tax cuts -- a Republican kind of bill if ever there was one.
But Republicans had been threatening for weeks to stop it, unless they were offered a chance to offer amendments on issues like border security, capping federal spending, and the estate tax -- all of which Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid held to be non-germane to the issue of job creation. Many of them also objected to a provision added to the bill that would have provided disaster and agriculture relief funding.
