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- Republican negotiators pulled out of talks led by Vice President Joe Biden.The exit of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor
- Won’t pass- talks failed
- Won’t pass- republican deadlock
- Won’t pass- no way Republicans will ever agree to taxes and the Dems won’t take them out
Won’t Pass – GOPDespite negotiations, talks have hit a wall AP 06/25 (AP, 06/25/11, Obama, Boehner Held Secret Debt Ceiling Meeting At White House, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/24/obama-boehner-debt-ceiling-talks_n_883707.html ) WASHINGTON (AP/The Huffington Post) -- Efforts to find a bipartisan agreement blending huge budget cuts with a must-pass measure to increase how much the government can borrow have entered a new phase after Republican negotiators pulled out of talks led by Vice President Joe Biden.The exit of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor from the talks on Thursday means the most difficult decisions have been kicked upstairs to GOP House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio and President Barack Obama. The Biden-led group had made solid progress in weeks of negotiations but was at an impasse over taxes. Won’t pass- walkout and GOP won’t stand down Pethokoukis 6/23/11 (James, political analyst for Reuters, A terrible day for tax hikers, http://blogs.reuters.com/james-pethokoukis/2011/06/23/a-terrible-day-for-tax-hikers/, MM) Was it just a week or so ago when the GOP’s 30-year commitment to lower taxes was supposedly in shambles? That sure didn’t seem to be the case today: 1) Eric Cantor bolted from debt ceiling talks with VP Joe Biden, saying the tax issue was an obstacle and that Obama and Boehner needed to hash things out directly. Now three sources tell me that Cantor and Boehner are against any net tax revenue increases, whether from higher tax rates or the elimination of tax subsidies. Won’t pass- talks failed Newton-Small 6/23/11 (Jay, reporter for TIME, Republicans Ask: Where’s Obama? But, Where Are The GOP Leaders?, http://swampland.time.com/2011/06/23/republicans-ask-wheres-obama-but-where-are-the-gop-leaders/, MM) Republicans are demanding to know why President Obama isn’t at the table pin the deficit talks. Today, Jon Kyl, the No. 2 Senate Republican, and Majority Leader Eric Cantor abruptly withdrew from the talks saying they have gone as far as they can and now presidential leadership is needed – particularly on the sticky issue of taxes. From Cantor’s statement: There is not support in the House for a tax increase, and I don’t believe now is the time to raise taxes in light of our current economic situation. Regardless of the progress that has been made, the tax issue must be resolved before discussions can continue. Given this impasse, I will not be participating in today’s meeting and I believe it is time for the President to speak clearly and resolve the tax issue. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell echoed Cantor in a speech on the Senate floor: For weeks, lawmakers have worked around the clock to hammer out a plan that would help us avert a crisis we all know is coming — all the while knowing that at some point the President would have to sign it. So it’s worth asking: Where in the world has President Obama been for the past month? … He’s the President. He needs to lead. He needs to show that he recognizes the problem. And do something about it. Won’t pass- republican deadlock Pethokoukis 6/23/11 (James, political analyst for Reuters, Debt ceiling talk hit impasse! Markets freak! Investors panic!, http://blogs.reuters.com/james-pethokoukis/2011/06/23/debt-ceiling-talk-hit-impasse-markets-freak-investors-panic/, MM) U.S. budget talks hit an impasse on Thursday after a both Republicans walked out, throwing doubt on Washington’s ability to reach a deal that would allow America to continue borrowing and avoid a debt default. Representative Eric Cantor, the No. 2 Republican in the House of Representatives, said participants had identified trillions of dollars in potential spending cuts but were deadlocked over tax increases that Democrats want. ”Regardless of the progress that has been made, the tax issue must be resolved before discussions can continue,” he said in a statement. Republican Senator Jon Kyl also left the talks, an aide said. House Speaker John Boehner said Democrats must abandon any tax increases for negotiations to continue. ”These conversations could continue if they take the tax hikes out of the conversation,” Boehner said. He added tax increases could never pass the Republican-controlled House in any event. Won’t pass- no way Republicans will ever agree to taxes and the Dems won’t take them out Cillizza 6/23/11 (Chris, reporter for the Washington Post, The political inevitability of the Cantor pullout, http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/the-political-inevitability-of-the-cantor-pullout/2011/06/23/AGF3CZhH_blog.html, MM) On Thursday morning, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (Va.) announced that he was removing himself from the ongoing debt reduction talks with Vice President Joe Biden, citing the unwillingness of Democrats to take tax increases off the table as his primary motivation. “Each side came into these talks with certain orders, and as it stands the Democrats continue to insist that any deal must include tax increases,” Cantor said in a statement. “Regardless of the progress that has been made, the tax issue must be resolved before discussions can continue.” Cantor was immediately backed up by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Minority Whip Jon Kyl. “President Obama needs to decide between his goal of higher taxes or a bipartisan plan to address our deficit,’ the duo said in a joint statement. “He can’t have both.” The decision by Cantor was greeted with shock — or at least surprise — by the political world. But, it shouldn’t have been. Why? Because of a hard but simple political truth: there is absolutely NO constituency within the Republican party that is even modestly open to tax increases as the only way to solve the budget deficit. Directory: files files -> Answer True False 2 points Question 2 files -> Integer programming and game theory files -> 4 Integer Programming files -> Bpa vehicle Window Repair Scenario #1 task: Procure vehicle window relacement. Objective files -> Pop Warner History files -> North Carolina Inclusion Initiative Mapping Where Children with ieps are Being Served Purpose files -> Fall 2013 Spring 2014 Program Data: Standard 1 Exhibit 4d files -> Hanban – asia society confucius classrooms network 2010 request for proposal files -> Northern England’s set-jetting locations Download 0.58 Mb. Share with your friends:
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