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No GOP Pledge To Filibuster Obama Middle Class Tax Cuts

By Big Tent Democrat

TPM:

An Associated Press story made waves this morning, by claiming that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell had received a pledge from every member of his caucus to block tax legislation unless it extends all of the Bush tax cuts, even for the richest Americans. This morning spokesman Don Stewart told TPM that article is incorrect. "They're correcting this story," Stewart says. "I only said what I've been saying for months: there are no Republicans who support tax hikes[.]"

In response to the original report, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid pounced [--] "It is unconscionable for Senate Republicans to hold middle-class tax cuts hostage in order to secure more tax giveaways for millionaires and CEOs who ship American jobs overseas," he said in a statement. "Today's declaration by Senate Republicans means they are willing to raise taxes on the middle class and small businesses in the middle of a recession...by this Republican logic, until rich CEOs get what they want, middle-class families can't get what they need."

(Emphasis supplied.) The GOP will cave on this if Dems stand their ground. Harry Reid's statement tells you where this is heading, Joe Lieberman notwithstanding.

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Full post as published by TalkLeft on September 13, 2010 (boomark / email).