Allen West calls McConnell and McCain on the carpet over payroll debacle

The Right Scoop 1/6/2012

Rep. Allen West tells Mark Levin that Sen. Mitch McConnell and Sen. John McCain should come before the House GOP conference and explain why they criticized House Republicans on national TV after pulling the rug out from under them during the payroll debacle in December…

The audio is at The Right […]

How did Republicans manage to lose the tax issue to Obama?

The GOP’s Payroll Tax Fiasco

The Wall Street Journal 12/21/2011

GOP Senate leader Mitch McConnell famously said a year ago that his main task in the 112th Congress was to make sure that President Obama would not be re-elected. Given how he and House Speaker John Boehner have handled the payroll tax debate, we wonder […]

Boehner: House will reject Obama-Senate tax cut deal

David Jackson USA Today 12/19/2011

House Speaker John Boehner predicted today that the Republican-run House will vote down a White House-Senate deal to extend the payroll tax cut for two months, saying Congress should approve a year-long extension instead.

A two-month extension “causes uncertainty for job creators,” Boehner told reporters, adding that House and Senate […]

Boehner Calls the President’s Bluff

Douglas Holtz-Eakin The Corner National Review 12/9/2011

…the president has steadfastly opposed moving ahead with the Keystone XL pipeline, a lock-solid job-creator that would also improve economic relations with the largest trading partner of the United States. Feigning a concern over unknown environmental implications — there is simply nothing to be learned over the next […]

The Biggest Middle Class Tax Increase In History Will Come In Five Months

Bruce Krasting Business Insider 8/2/2011

There is one aspect of the final debt deal from DC that took me by surprise. I was convinced the 2% reduction in payroll taxes would be extended through 2012. On July 12th I wrote about this and got it completely wrong. Not only did I think there would be […]

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