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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsScott Brown: Obama Has Sent Senate Republicans A Fiscal Cliff Proposal
"I'm rushing to get on plane and thought I would keep you all informed," Brown wrote.
Meanwhile, CNN's Dana Bash reported that Obama told Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell that he would send him a "scaled-back" offer that would likely erase some, but not all, of the tax hikes scheduled to hit beginning Jan. 2.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/fiscal-cliff-obama-scott-brown-offer-proposal-taxes-cuts-spending-2012-12#ixzz2GHCTnoSl
Panasonic
(2,921 posts)As far as I know, no proposal was made, and it has to be done through the House first.
pinto
(106,886 posts)No clue to Brown's comment. I tend to wait for the principals involved to make the definitive statement.
Myrina
(12,296 posts)n/t
unblock
(52,352 posts)most major bills get passed in slightly different forms, neither of which ever becomes law. then a reconciliation committee gets together to hammer out an agreement that will pass both houses. THAT version of the bill, if it's a revenue bill, must pass the house first. earlier versions never become law anyway, so they can start in either house.
in most cases it's really it's just a formality.
if the house were to pass (not likely) the bill the senate already passed or perhaps some future revenut bill, even if in the exact same form (again, unlikely), then it wouldn't become law until the senate passed it AGAIN, after the house passed it first (and then the president must sign it, of course, or have his veto overridden). but again, this is usually just a formality as if the senate already passed it, they're quite likely to pass it again.
sellitman
(11,607 posts)Haven't the American people figured this out yet?
oh wait....
AnotherMcIntosh
(11,064 posts)Myrina
(12,296 posts)n/t
msongs
(67,459 posts)AlinPA
(15,071 posts)by the President.
xxqqqzme
(14,887 posts)passed a bill last summer that would avert all this drama and the house has it gathering dust & cobwebs.
xxqqqzme
(14,887 posts)met with 'kings and queens'?
ProSense
(116,464 posts)tweet from soon-to-be ex-Senator Scott Brown is news.
President Obama is expected to send congressional leaders a scaled-back proposal to avoid the fiscal cliff, according to CNN and Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA).
"While we're expecting Democrats to finally act, I don't have a specific timeframe," a GOP source familiar with the matter told TPM.
Update: TPM is told separately that reports about an impending White House offer to Capitol Hill are not accurate, or at best an exaggerated read-out of GOP discussions with President Obama.
Update II: An aide to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) also tells TPM the reports are "not true."
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/gop-source-were-expecting-democrats-to-finally-act
brooklynite
(94,757 posts)Well then: Senate Dems assert to @KellyO that reports of a new WH proposal on the fiscal cliff are incorrect. "We are nowhere."
And a sr. admin official to @PeterAlexander: "There is no proposal being sent up today. Scott Brown is wrong."
Man, Scott Brown sure is gonna be confused when his plane lands.
OldDem2012
(3,526 posts)John2
(2,730 posts)is going to hire this idiot again after firing him?
Mass
(27,315 posts)The man who meets with kings and chiefs of state?