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Will The Village Dems Be "Radicalized"?

By Big Tent Democrat

Ezra Klein going DFH on the Senate shenanigans on the jobs issue:

The Senate Finance Committee has released a draft (PDF) of its jobs bill[. . .]:

[. . . T]here are two process agreements that are essential to completing action on [the jobs bill.] Fulfilling these agreements has been a condition precedent to the bipartisan discussions that have occurred. [. . .] [W]e are committed to timely consideration of permanent bipartisan estate and gift tax reform.

[. . .] This is the compromise that appears to have led to this package: not a better or bigger or more tax-focused jobs bill, but massive tax cuts for the rich. Tell me again why Democrats are bothering with a bipartisan jobs bill rather than running the legislation through reconciliation?

(Emphasis supplied.) Uh oh, Ezra. you are risking being a Not Serious Person with this kind of stuff. Careful.

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Full post as published by TalkLeft on February 11, 2010 (boomark / email).