Freshman Rep. Sean Duffy (R-WI) heads for the life boat. Says Boehner should just pass the payroll tax cut compromise and move on.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA): “As Senator McConnell’s statement today makes clear, the only thing standing between 160 million Americans and a tax increase is House Republicans’ refusal to act.”
With Republicans geting killed in the payroll tax fight, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) calls for House Republicans to capitulate and pass a short-term extension. More shortly …
Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) just doubled down on the payroll tax hold out in a big way, telling reporters at a press conference moments ago that they won’t give in until everyone else gives in and reopens the whole negotiations on the House GOP’s terms. “Nothing can happen until we sit down with conferees,” Boehner said. “We’re not going to sit here and negotiate with ourselves”
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s office tells TPM it will release a video as early as today showing officers struggling with a Latino vet who later died of his injuries.
How’s the payroll tax hostage-taking playing for Republicans back home? Not so well.
Think drones are just the long arm of our new age of American warfare?
Think again.
TPM’s Jillian Rayfield has all you need to know about the new day of drones in America.
Today’s 100 Seconds deals with the recent trend of GOP candidates being confronted by gay rights activists – with awkward results.
It’s that time of the year. Today we announce your nominees for this year’s Golden Duke Awards, our annual awards show for great moments in public corruption, scandal and general betrayals of the public trust and awfulness. And this year’s nominees are … click here.
No one disagrees at this point that the politics of the payroll tax stand-off is awful for Republicans. But in the midst of that realization there is chatter from folks at the Journal and a lot of flotsamy pundits to the effect that it is a dramatic political failure that Republicans have managed to make President Obama into the champion of tax cuts for average Americans. Read More