Republicans Says Fiscal Cliff Deadline Will NOT Be Reached: Economy Set to Crash
House Republicans just conceded that government officials are not going to make the deadline for the so-called fiscal cliff. Negotiations have stalled and Congress members from the right are saying that a vote will not take place before the deadline. The House of Representatives is going to adjourn without voting on a bill to delay the set of tax increases and spending cuts set to transpire starting on the first of the year.
Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) sent the following update to his party members confirming the plans for Congress:
Good afternoon. Thanks for your patience. Here’s the latest on the Floor schedule:There will be a Special GOP Conference Meeting at 5:00 p.m. in HC-5. Immediately following Conference tonight, roughly 5:30-6:00 p.m. we will have our first and only vote series of the day on suspensions.
Walk off the Floor: 6:00-6:30 p.m.
This is the latest negative move from a Congress that has been among the least productive in history. The fiscal cliff’s spending cuts and tax increases are set to send the already fragile economy into a tailspin.
Republicans expressed outrage at the words of President Barack Obama this afternoon. During a press conference on Monday, the president said that a deal is “within sight.” He also attacked Congress for being sloppy in its negotiations and said that he’d like more tax hikes if anyone threatened to use the debt ceiling to demand spending cuts.
Republicans responded by stating that President Obama had put a deal in jeopardy with his words.
“Potus just moved the goalpost again. Significantly. This is new,” tweeted a top aide to McConnell.
Doug Heye, a spokesman for House Majority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.), tweeted, “If Obama’s goal was to harm the process and make going over the cliff more likely, he’s succeeding.”
Another Cantor spokesperson said, “So….I’m confused….does POTUS want a deal or not? Because all those jabs at Congress certainly sounded like a smack in the face to me.”
Even Senator John McCain felt that the move was a “slap in the face” to Congress, and he was saddened by it.
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IS ANYONE SHOCKED???? Remember: It was under the BUSH/CHENEY regime that they crashed the entire economy. The TEA-PUBLICANS caused this entire mess back last year when they were fighting over the “debt ceiling.” They set up this “sequestre” that was to go into effect and cut funds — if they could not find a better way to do it. So they have been debating and arguing about it all year…and now they WALK OUT…for the 2nd time this week.
So…now we have a few days where they MIGHT repair some of this….but it is not likely they will. The elderly, students, working folks, children, Gov’t workers, farmers, and others will suffer from this stupid c**p from the REPUBLICANS.
NEXT TIME THERE IS AN ELECTION…VOTE THESE RIGHTWING NUTS OUT.
THEY ALL NEED TO BE FIRED!!!!!!
They are so busy trying to stick it to the President, they are all losing focus and forgetting who they are working for. What about the people! Where do so many of these devils come from? Oh! They were there all along, and we are just taking notice. These right wingers need to be locked up or sued by the people of the USA, for their using personal issues, to push us over the cliff. These are politicians that were voted into office, walking out like children with tantrums. Is everybody that afraid to take a stand? Well this is our lives! This is not some revenge game! The President is not going anywhere. He is here for the next four years! The people have to suffer because someone does not like what he says? We have to suffer because we are the ones that voted for him (the people)? What the heck does that have to do with solving the current issues we have now! Instead of United States we should be Divided States! How selfish, childish and immature can these people get!
The President and The Vice President took the republicans to the cleaners…….The struck a deal and it appears to be pretty good.
As long as the Federal Reserve Act is in play no deal is good. The tax payers are always on the hook with the international Central Banks that control the world’s currencies and fund the ever increasing wars on this planet. There is a funding stream for everything. The fiscal cliff is a shell game. Deflation allowed the banks and investors to suck up assets. Inflation will place them out of reach so that only the wealthiest will have access to and control them. This includes your access to water. That which is free will be sold to you. Usury forces you to re-use or be used. It is the bankers who set up the debtors prisons. They also control the legislators of this nation. The pattern is set around the planet. Who is funding the rebels in Syria? Who funded the rebels in Libya? Who is funding the rebels in Central Africa. The goal is control of natural resources and your tax dollars pay for this. The banks do not deny this as it is profitable business.