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Wednesday, January 08, 2003
Welcome back........................(dickheads).
Democrats Who Backed Tax Cut in '01 Balk Now
A number of moderate Senate Democrats who were instrumental in helping President Bush pass a tax cut in 2001 said today that they opposed eliminating the federal tax on dividend payments, clouding the Congressional prospects for the central feature of the new Bush economic plan.
In 2001, President Bush was able to garner enough bipartisan support in the thinly divided Senate to pass his $1.35 trillion tax cut package. This time, however, even the president's Republican supporters predict a tougher road.
"There are a number of Democrats who voted with him on the last tax cut, and also a number of Republicans, who are not willing to just accept this one as a fait accompli and take it as it is," Senator John B. Breaux, Democrat of Louisiana, said in an interview, adding that the dividend tax cut would have to be "replaced and/or dramatically scaled down."
The support of Mr. Breaux is considered crucial to passage of any economic stimulus legislation by the Senate, where Republicans have the barest majority. In 2001 he helped the White House win 12 Democratic votes for tax cuts.
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Senator Dianne Feinstein, a California Democrat who voted for the 2001 tax cut, described the president's plan as "a nonstarter."
"Right now," Mrs. Feinstein said, "I don't know of any Democrat who's going to vote for it."
They seem pretty cowed by that November election that made President God I Need A Drink, the Titan of the 21st Century.
With the English balking at a early start to Operation Inigo Montoya, it looks like its going to be a long year for Bush..
heh heh heh
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