Sunday, December 19, 2010

Tax Cut Bill

A week digging exercise leads to a large number of temporary extension of the tax cuts, "and rejected a bill of costs.
In this process, two presumed candidates for the Nevada Senate race in 2012 at opposite corners of philosophy, a division interesting start for two conservative Republican lawmakers common roots.
Senator John Ensign was one of the few conservative Republicans who cut from the herd, a law, tax hash between Barack Obama and the Republican Party broke vote and said that if the draft law contains important extensions of tax cuts he claimed he could not 't vote on a bill to try the deficit without making cuts has elsewhere.
"It's good for the economy in the short term, but the debt will kill us in the not too long," said Ensign.
Across the Capitol, took Representative Dean Heller, the opposite position.
Heller said he had "priority to extend tax cuts to be spending my concerns ... the good outweighs the bad in this bill," he said. "Four Eighty-eight percent of this Act, a tax break, or at least not increase taxes. For me, 88 percent of this bill, which I like."
With supporters - including Republican Party leaders - Painting of the vote, so to avoid life and death, thrown into the teeth of a recession in the second place, was the position of Ensign fat removed and Conservatives by only a few senators, including the cost disadvantages hawks Sens Tom Coburn of Oklahoma, Jim DeMint of South Carolina and Jeff Sessions of Alabama.
Ensign is in your company is not so unusual. Current was one of the more conservative members of the Senate, with a score of 94.37 out of 100 of the American Conservative Union for his political positions. It is a few points higher than the nominal value 89.33 percent lifetime Heller.
Ensign has had ample time and reason to bring his philosophy with some of the senators. Coburn and DeMint were ladies and think, now famous, but next to the house on C Street, and are the guardians of the good juice keys diesel engine Tea Party.
But Ensign breaks Coburn and DeMint in the Senate, one important area: it is intended. And that was enough to it indirectly as a focal point for accusations of hypocrisy last week.
"They can all be found in the same dictionary, but I bet if you went" H "found in the dictionary and" hypocrites ", where people call it the intention to vote against them," Lead Senate majority leader, Harry Reid, said he teaches and others who have taken the position. "You can not have both."
While advocating a return to 2008 levels, spending and threatening death against the bill now omnibus federal budget vote Ensign has asked about 85 million in spending affect Nevada.
Here the lieutenant his potential challenger 2012 left: Heller also said he would vote for the Omnibus Bill - but do not ask a penny spent.
Ensign will be months before or Heller respond to these voices in a campaign - and only to decide when to run both.
But the issues of tax and spend almost guaranteed to arrive in the election campaign and in Congress for the period before the next election, a cycle that will probably be remembered in the future on it.
Despite the gap between the positions of political observers Nevada Republican, said Ensign and Heller voted their conscience conservative. But with an ear for future campaigns, decided that a vote seemed to bring about the best waves of the other.
said "I think politically Heller does best, because the teacher has to explain his vote," conservative blogger Chuck Muth. "I did not vote for more tax cuts, but here's why" -. The average voter, they are not really interested in this detail, and on the surface, which voted against extending tax cuts "
These Republicans have downplayed the Democrats spent accusation of hypocrisy, it seemed to the lieutenant stick, but Heller.
"In a national survey in general, I do not think people see the programs cost as high as other problems," said Robert Uithoven, a Republican consultant. "We are a nation of donors -. give more money to Washington than they in return So while Nevada continues to be a donor heart can be obtained do not think the problem is so big pig."
Nevada Republican strategist Ryan Erwin said: "Of course you can make a statement of principles would not open ... but then the criticism it has not pursued a 100 million U.S. dollars for discretionary spending in the state, a topic that can not win. .
Rep. Shelley Berkley Senate is also considering an offer, and she defies a particularly central role and voice in the debate on tax cuts, his own group to fragmentation, not only for the complete list of tax cuts to rate bill but also the provision for taxes on the property helped write. His proposal of the majority faction of the Democratic resist packaging, but also helped many Republicans on board.
If you live in Berkley, Ensign run, accused of hypocrisy is almost guaranteed to return.
Republicans say analysts are doubtful the threat of Democrats at the door influence on models likely Republican contenders at the moment.
"I do not think that Dean Heller vote motivated by what John Ensign has happened, but I think it's in the back of the head," said Uithoven.

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