Political Quotes

“As we all know, in the course of the election the President made it very clear that he was supporting the extension of the middle income tax cut and everyone, 100 percent of the American people, would benefit from it--100 percent of taxpayers, small businesses, wage earners, and the rest. Republicans are saying that rather than passing that, they want to hold it hostage to giving an additional tax cut to people making over $250,000 a year. That's not negotiating; that's hostage-taking. So today on the floor of the House, the Democrats have proposed a discharge petition which, if it receives 218 signatures, that's only a couple dozen Republicans joining the Democrats, it would automatically come to the floor and I predict would receive overwhelming support of the House of Representatives. The American people want us to work together. We are in agreement on this subject. Why--why, my Republican colleagues--can we not vote on something where we have agreement, where we have fairness that will work to create jobs, to reduce the deficit and will again have fairness. This is the heart of the matter that is holding us here. As the public watches--what is this about--this is about the $250,000 line that the President said in the campaign that he would honor and that this legislation today brings to bear. I urge my colleagues, out of 435 Members of the House, we only need a couple dozen Republicans to sign the discharge petition.…”