Plan B fails as Conservatives win

By: Chet Nichols (Diary)  |  December 21st at 01:09 PM  | 

This week, House Republicans put together a bill aimed at preventing America from going over the Fiscal Cliff, or so it seemed.  Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), with the help of Eric Cantor (R-VA) put together a proposal known as “Plan B” that would temporarily replace automatic sequestration cuts and raise taxes on Americans making more than $1 million dollars. At first glance, both conservative and | Read More »

Republicans Plan B threaten by Democrats

By: Chet Nichols (Diary)  |  December 20th at 10:55 AM  | 

House Republicans have put together a bill that would prevent America from going over the dreaded Fiscal Cliff come January 1, 2013.  In a surprising move, Republicans are banding together over a series of votes that would accomplish two key economic goals.  Temporarily replacing automatic sequestration cuts (to include defense spending) but allow a slight raise in taxes on Americans making more than a million | Read More »