BREAKING: House Democratic leaders pull the tax bill from the House floor

BREAKING: House Democratic leaders pull the tax bill from the House floor
By: CNN Congressional Producer Deirdre Walsh


Washington (CNN) – As the debate over how the tax cut bill will be brought to the floor and voted on was wrapping up, House Democratic leaders abruptly PULLED the "rule" from the floor because they don't know if they have enough votes to even bring the tax bill to the floor, according to a senior Democratic leadership aide.

Before the debate on the tax bill starts, the House first needs to pass the rule on how the debate and votes will go, with a simple majority vote. Because Republicans will all vote against the rule set by Democratic leaders – Pelosi and Democratic leaders need to pass the rule just with Democratic votes.

With so many House Democrats unhappy with the tax bill, many don't want to even bring it up, so leaders pulled the bill and are "whipping it" according to the Democratic leadership aide – counting to make sure they can even pass the rule.



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We need to shake things up.

That Obama, he's so crafty. We were fools to doubt his judgement! FOOLS!!

pass the damned thing! We've got other things to get done before Jan. 1st!!

and settle for this piece of shit deal.

and The Repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell will NOT have time to be voted on! And we will risk pissing off EVERYONE when their taxes go up in January.

IDIOTS!

PASS THE MOTHER FUCKING BILL!

It's in the Senate. If the Senate passes the House repeal without changes, the House doesn't have to consider DADT again.

make it look like they are trying to make it better before they will pass it

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I think this is why they say you don't want to watch.

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Effective Dissent is not really tolerated in our Plutocracy.

hands and sealed its fate.

(Wow, who would have guessed a Muslim could put that much Christian symbolism in one post)

Don't they want to pass the bill?

The problem with so many Senate Democrats saying "Gee, this bill stinks, but I'm going to vote for it anyway" is that the headlines read "Senate Overwhelmingly Passes Tax Cut Deal" instead of "Tax Cut Bill Barely Passes Senate." In the first case a lot of pressure is placed on House Dems to cave in to what looks like heavy bipartisan support; in the second they can do what they want with much less worry.

It's astonishing how quickly the Democratic Party, from Obama on down, folded in this case.