Reply #13: If The Senate Ammends The Bill... [View All]

...it has to go back to the House. Either way, the House will have to vote on whatever the Senate decides.

Obama is going to back whatever deal is hammered out...as is McConnell. So we'll see the opposition from the edges...the teabaggers who want permanent cuts and the UE thrown out (the defecit ya know...) and folks like Bernie Sanders and it appears Chuck Shumer, Sherrod Brown and even (shudder) Mary Landrieu have expressed opposition. It really is a confusing landscape and I honestly have no handle at this point as to who will line up where. While the polls in Maine may show large support for cuts for those at $250k or less, their concern is with a primary challenge from teabaggers.

Stay tuned...it's gonna be a wild finish to make sure all these critters get home for the holidays.