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UPDATED: With No House Vote, Will The U.S. Go Over ‘Fiscal Cliff’ at Midnight?

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The House said today that it would have one vote tonight and that it would not be on the “fiscal cliff,” a year-end combination of tax increases and heavy spending cuts, CNBC reports.

House leaders said last week during a last-minute meeting that it was up to the Senate to produce legislation that both chambers could agree on.

That Senate has failed produce ​anything. This means that it is almost certain that we will go over the “cliff” tonight:

Happy New Year!

UPDATE: But wait! Here’s some clarification from Brendan Buck, Press Secretary for House Speaker John Boehner:

Also, according to the National Review’s Robert Costa, a few “trusted sources say all sides, at top levels, know this gets done Jan 1 evening at the earliest, more likely Jan 2.”

Lastly, per CBS News’ Mark Knoller, House members are being asked to keep close to the Capitol Building in case “any additional votes arise”:

UPDATE(S) II: MSNBC’s Chuck Todd explains where the Senate stands in negotiations:

Now the Wall Street Journal reports that a deal has “largely” been reached:

However, word is out (as Sen. Harry Reid would say) that there are a number of Democrats who are not on board with deal Sen. Kyle is talking about:

UPDATE III: Well, that didn’t take long:

As of this writing, the Senate is waiting on Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Vice President Joe Biden to broker an agreement. Reports claim a handful of Senate Democrats are unhappy with the package the two are working working out. UPDATE IV: Reports are coming in that a deal has been struck between the White House and Senate Republicans:

“The House is expected to begin considering the bill Tuesday with final passage in the next day or two,” writes the Washington Post’s Felicia Sonmez. “A vote on the package could be held by 10:30 p.m,” she adds. “[White House] officials gave in on estate tax.” According to initial reports, the final deal will also delay the automatic spending cuts (i.e. the “sequester”).

Reports also note, along with GOP leaders, Sen. Harry Reid and Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) have signed off on the deal.

Click here to read more about the ongoing negotiations between the White House and Senate Republicans.

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Comments (170)

  • ChinaWildMan
    Posted on December 31, 2012 at 4:32pm

    Think You’re Safe?

    Whatever fiscal package emerges, it would appear that Joe Taxpayer confidently believes it’s going to be someone else’s ox that gets gored. A headline in the local paper revealed the public’s not-exactly-shocking ignorance about what’s going on in Washington: Shoppers Not Fearing Plunge Off ‘Cliff’ was how the Boulder Daily Camera presented the story-of-the-hour. Oh really? It’s a tragedy for America that people like those quoted in the article are allowed to vote, since they in fact have much to fear, even if they are not among Obama’s “filthy-rich” earners of $200,000 or more. For starters, a steep upward skew in the Alternative Minimum Tax that is set to take effect on January 1 will hit households down to the level of $75k. Even worse, it will be retroactive to 2012, taxing income that most people didn’t expect to pay taxes on.

    There’s a common misperception about the fiscal cliff— that the tax increases only apply to 2013. Not true.

    In a cruel epilogue to 2012, roughly 28 million families would owe the IRS $86 billion more than they anticipated for this year should the country plunge off the cliff, according to the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center.

    Read the rest here: http://www.cnbc.com/id/100343423

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on December 31, 2012 at 4:37pm

      No vote on what?

      I haven’t seen any Bill posted or Bill # mentioned….

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    • HellboundandDown
      Posted on December 31, 2012 at 5:08pm

      I’m campaigning to send the country over a Real Cliff. Then we can build a Socialist Utopia. Go Reds/Smash State!

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    • chicago76
      Posted on December 31, 2012 at 5:10pm

      The republicans created this monster to scare the public. Now they are going to get the blame for it. Republicans are always shooting themselves in the foot because the people who vote for Obama just don’t care about fiscal cliffs. They don’t pay for it anyways. Republicans are still clueless as to what they are dealing with. It still amazes how that political party stays so clueless. Don’t they ever take a walk down the street in a big city? Don’t they ever check out who is getting all the money they vote for? Amazing, just simply amazing.

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    • civilwarcometh
      Posted on December 31, 2012 at 5:12pm

      Happy New Year America you voted for him and here’s what you get so shut up.http://weaselzippers.us/2012/12/31/pentagon-to-notify-800000-civilian-employees-they-will-have-to-take-unpaid-leave-if-fiscal-cliff-spending-cuts-are-enacted/

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    • DrFreedom
      Posted on December 31, 2012 at 5:15pm

      Exactly Monk… MSM is furthering the blame the Republicans moto by saying The House Won’t vote instead of saying the TRUTH Which is they have not been giving anything to vote on and they actually passed something months ago that the senate refused to vote on back then…

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on December 31, 2012 at 5:15pm

      Thank you for spouting the dogma Chicago. We would be nowhere without your kind’s cultish devotion to spin, lies, hatred and scorn.

      Of course, you neglect to mention that your God Obama has stated several times that this is highly severe and very dangerous. No, you’re now in blame game mode, as you’ve been commanded to be, so I’m certain that any memories you did have, have been sent down the memory hole and into the incinerators.

      How awful it must be to give up independent thought, reason and logic, all for an ideology of death. You people are truly sickening. You deserve everything your cult will give you in the future.

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    • tonypro
      Posted on December 31, 2012 at 5:22pm

      @ chicago76
      Yeah you’re right, It’s all the repubs fault, since the dummycrats haven’t put forth a budget in 4 years.
      I’m Ind. and don’t care for any of the crooks on either side, but soley blaming the repubs is nonsense. They ALL share the blame.

      Wait……. I need to take a dumpacrap, and get some biden to wipe my barry.

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    • Cavallo
      Posted on December 31, 2012 at 5:24pm

      Fear not.. our benevolent leaders will have a plan to screw us all tomorrow morning at the latest. It will be the same as the cliff but it will extend out the pain over a longer period and make it less noticeable so we don’t realize we’re BLEEDING OUT!!!!

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on December 31, 2012 at 6:02pm

      The House is in session and voting (3 Bills) just not on the one Obama wants…

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    • DADDYWOREAWHITEHAT
      Posted on December 31, 2012 at 6:17pm

      I wanna see a picture of granny going over the cliff as long as its granny pelosi! Hey that would be funny. I need a little humor right now because this fiscal cliff negotiation would be funny if it weren’t so depressing.

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    • Mil-Dot
      Posted on December 31, 2012 at 6:59pm

      It’s all crap anyway. It is only about borrowing more money so that low-life govt workers continue to get paid and they don’t ‘shut down parks”. Screw it. I say go over the damn “cliff”. These criminals will not escape their culpability in ruining this country. They WILL be hunted down, one by one.

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    • Bert in NY
      Posted on December 31, 2012 at 7:41pm

      Everyone put their hands in the air and scream as we go over the cliff!!! Weeeee!!!

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    • Living In NYC
      Posted on December 31, 2012 at 8:23pm

      Thanks..my HR, Payroll Department and I spent the the whole day New Year Eve holiday putting in new tax tables. As a business owner I just lost about 24 hours of productivity for my company due the community organizer who thinks he is POTUS…but is nothing more than fool! It was great for my staff’s moral having to work the holiday to fix your stupidity!

      How many other companies spent millions of dollars due to this fool who has never operated a Kool Aid Stand…We have to make sure our people got paid on their Jauary 3 payday!

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    • HumbleMan
      Posted on January 1, 2013 at 9:09am

      I thought spedning and revenue bils MUST originate in the House of Representatives. Is this another bass ackwards precedent?

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  • eric55
    Posted on December 31, 2012 at 4:31pm

    As long as they are occupied with the cliff and not my guns, i could care less what happens

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    • YAHSHUARULES
      Posted on December 31, 2012 at 4:50pm

      Better care. Gun control is just one of their weapons…

      Protect any deviant, pornographer, any negative cultural force in their effort to destroy the patriarchal society in favor or a matriarchal society – destroy biblical Christianity – create chaos and then step in to stop the chaos and replace with communism. If you destroy the family, you destroy the nation and undermine the morals.

      All part of the Agenda to create an America so corrupt it stinks; use public policy to subvert America from inside, infiltrate and influence our culture. If you don’t know all this you need to find out!

      It won’t be just your children and grandchildren who live in the hell they are creating:
      If America goes down, the free world will go down with it and it will be finished for a very, very long time.
      Free on line: Agenda: Grinding America Down
      https://vimeo.com/52009124
      This is the most comprehensive, best movie I have seen pulling all this together. Watch it. Share it. Arrange a showing in church, groups, clubs, with friends or family. Everyone who loves America needs to see this movie,

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    • Mil-Dot
      Posted on December 31, 2012 at 7:03pm

      Yah,
      This entire world needs to be “cleansed” of the vermin. Let it begin. Do not be afraid.

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    • dcatkin
      Posted on December 31, 2012 at 9:17pm

      You beet start caring, or it may be time to pack your **** and leave. This fiscal cliff will provide the perfect path for these morons to usher in martial law, or as I like to put it, The law according to Obama.

      He want’s to see this country go down in flames, and he will see. But it will be people like you that cause it to happen. Yes I will die gun in hand if they try to take my guns, but they won’t just up nad start taking the guns, there will be some event that gives them a reason.

      Sinse the school shooting wasn’t enough for Americans to quietlky hand over their guns, maybe, just maybe this fiscal cliff will be the answer to all of their blessings.

      Those who don’t care are a part of the problem, not a part of the cure. When you say things like that you sound like a moron.

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  • Politijack
    Posted on December 31, 2012 at 4:30pm

    Translation;

    “We dont have enough time to engage “the can” with our foot tonight as it hasnt been passed to our chamber .We do plan however to administer a rather swift launch to said can in the coming days”

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    • angeleyes63
      Posted on December 31, 2012 at 4:39pm

      @POLITIJACK
      Nicely done accurate to the “T”

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    • DADDYWOREAWHITEHAT
      Posted on December 31, 2012 at 5:05pm

      With one change. I’m sure the can will be wrapped in bacon.

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    • Mil Mom
      Posted on December 31, 2012 at 9:03pm

      @Politijack
      Posted on December 31, 2012 at 4:30pm

      Translation;

      “We dont have enough time to engage “the can” with our foot tonight as it hasnt been passed to our chamber .We do plan however to administer a rather swift launch to said can in the coming days”
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      angeleyes63
      Posted on December 31, 2012 at 4:39pm

      @POLITIJACK
      Nicely done accurate to the “T”
      ***
      We certainly dare not wait until Jan 3 when the new Congress gives those evil Tea Partiers even more votes to get rid of Boehner and Cantor, and truly begin reversing policy!

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  • 1TrueOne55
    Posted on December 31, 2012 at 4:30pm

    Just what the President ordered with this whinny presser. And as usual its not his fault for fideling while Congress burned. He must be Channeling Nero when the Jewish sector of Rome was in flames he was playing music on his version of a violin.

    And unless he is impeached in the near future we will have to live with this bastard on earth for a while longer. Some body give him a bottle of JD#7 and a car maybe he can follow in his fathers tire tracks….

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  • TRILO
    Posted on December 31, 2012 at 4:29pm

    OMG! The Mayans were right. The end of the world is upon us. The entire ‘fiscal cliff” is a sham. Our government and members of congress together with the moochers in our country are the true fiscal cliff. Those of us who pay for the spenders & moochers are barely hanging on. Does not matter what they do because whatever it does NEVER solves the problem.

    Here are a few ideas: Stop and cut spending; actually balance the budget just like the states, cities and counties have to do; stop the class warfare; stop devaluing our currency and stop the endless and new wars. NOW! Until then the fiscal cliff will continue to be a black cloud over this country.

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    • soybomb315_II
      Posted on December 31, 2012 at 5:09pm

      exactly.

      It is sad to see Theblaze using the same “fiscal cliff” scare tactics as the liberal media. The real cliff relates to $16Trillion and all the inflation that has been done over the past 5 years

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    • chicago76
      Posted on December 31, 2012 at 5:14pm

      Exactly right. This is a distraction created by the republicans. Never was a cliff. Just a distraction from the real problem. A sort of cover my ass with my base distraction.

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on December 31, 2012 at 5:16pm

      Soy,

      And that’s NOT including unfunded mandates and derivatives, which crank that number up at least by a factor of 10.

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    • dcatkin
      Posted on December 31, 2012 at 9:42pm

      Believe this, the inflation hasn’t even begun yet. And that along with huge tax raises, and even more spending; yet another war and a buch of criminals in charges of this country add up to doom, unless the people stop it.

      These polititians will never stop unless they are made to stop, they call it an impeachment. Obama needs to be out of office, ah oops I mean Berry.

      He will continue to devalue the dollar, and ride rough shot on this country because he hates the USA.

      But don’t get me wrong I don’t plame it all on him. Let’s for a minute think of all of the pussified people in this country, all those who want a free raide, and are perfectly willing to let this country die to get it, it’s called socialism, and that is what Obama and all of his minions are all about.

      They want all good hard working Americans to be paying the way for all the bums of this country. This is why; I’m sure you have all heard the saying nothing comes for free right?

      That includes handouts from the government, when the time comes all of those people who have made a living off of the taxes that we pay will learn a very hard lesson.

      The government will tell them listen to us, for all of those years we paid your way it’s tiem that you started to re-pay your debt to us.

      And it won’t be a pretty thing, so for all of those who want that socialist utopia, it’s time to think about it if your are capable of truly thinking about anything.

      For years we have been paying your way, an

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  • Balpit
    Posted on December 31, 2012 at 4:27pm

    Obama did say that D stood for Drive and that R stood for Reverse.

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    • mrunner
      Posted on December 31, 2012 at 5:02pm

      Nice observation! They slammed it in D and aimed towards the cliff.

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  • whatsallthisthen
    Posted on December 31, 2012 at 4:25pm

    What a bunch of BUNK, the fiscal cliff, another made up crisis. The weeper of the house let this happen last year. He has no principles he only makes deals with liars. Spending is the problem Mr. Weeper! Try negotiating from that point. Nah that makes too much sense.

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    • joey g
      Posted on December 31, 2012 at 4:29pm

      right on…these fers are just a bunch of rinos playing a game…

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    • SocialistSlayer
      Posted on December 31, 2012 at 4:32pm

      Just another reason to celebrate tonight !

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    • soybomb315_II
      Posted on December 31, 2012 at 5:16pm

      I am all for lower taxes. But when government spending grows and the people are not paying for it (deficit) – perhaps it is time the people felt the heavy burden of big government.

      It is a shame the tax increases are not across the board. Think about it. The reason liberals are gaining traction among the middle class is because the people are getting something for nothing! The false illusion has been created that government spending does not result in higher taxes

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    • Dan_o
      Posted on December 31, 2012 at 5:46pm

      Soy, I’m in the middle class and the only thing I’m getting is the bill.

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  • Marine25
    Posted on December 31, 2012 at 4:23pm

    Absolutely politically tone-deaf. They are in session for a vote but not this vote? Stay, vote,vote it down if you want, explain your reasons to the American public. Refusing to vote? That’s not going to play well in Peoria. They all think they have safe, gerrymandered districts.We’ll see how safe those districts are when blue-dogs are funded to run against their ‘I refused to vote to reduce everybody’s taxes to preserve the lowest tax rates on millionaires in 60 years’ stance. Politically, the tea-party driven GOP has a gun to their heads telling Obama “stop, or we’ll shoot”.

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    • Walkabout
      Posted on December 31, 2012 at 4:35pm

      “Appearing on NBCs “Meet the Press” on Sunday, President Barack Obama said that he cut spending by more than $1 trillion in 2011. However, the White House Office of Management and Budget says that federal spending increased by $147 billion from fiscal 2010 to fiscal 2011″

      http://cnsnews.com/news/article/obama-i-cut-spending-over-trillion-dollars-2011

      Tone deaf. Who wouldn’t be deaf to obama’s lies. obama cries wolf all day every day about Republicans

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    • whatsallthisthen
      Posted on December 31, 2012 at 4:40pm

      Marine25…. 25 must be an IQ. nobody is even considering cutting taxes on anyone, merely keeping them at the level they’re at and the leftists want to punish the rich so low information people will FEEL better. Solve nothing but make idiots feel better bringing others down.

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    • mrunner
      Posted on December 31, 2012 at 5:00pm

      Started with the libations a little early today Marine? There is nothing to vote on. The Senate has not passed a budget in 4 years, did you really expect them to put together a bill to avoid the “fiscal cliff”. Until they do, you can keep hitting the bottle, but stay off the keybaoard. I hope we stay over the cliff and hit the bottom hard- so the american people wake up and we make the cuts needed. We are not talking scalpel, we are talking 36″ chainsaw.

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    • DADDYWOREAWHITEHAT
      Posted on December 31, 2012 at 5:10pm

      Marine. He said they have nothing to vote on. They were supposed to send over an agreement by 3pm & it did not happen because the deem thieves are changing the terms at the last minute. Same thing they pulled last time. Lying thieves cannot keep their word ever.

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    • Fubared
      Posted on December 31, 2012 at 5:42pm

      25 is not a marine.

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    • DADDYWOREAWHITEHAT
      Posted on December 31, 2012 at 6:43pm

      Fubared…sorry my bad. You are right should not have used that address.

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    • Mil-Dot
      Posted on December 31, 2012 at 7:11pm

      @Whatsallthis,
      Don’t confuse Marine25 with being a real Marine. The Marines that I know kill tyrants and do not put up with lying ass commies.

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    • Mil Mom
      Posted on December 31, 2012 at 9:12pm

      @Marine25
      Posted on December 31, 2012 at 4:23pm

      Absolutely politically tone-deaf. They are in session for a vote but not this vote? Stay, vote,vote it down if you want, explain your reasons to the American public. Refusing to vote? That’s not going to play well in Peoria. They all think they have safe, gerrymandered districts.We’ll see how safe those districts are when blue-dogs are funded to run against their ‘I refused to vote to reduce everybody’s taxes to preserve the lowest tax rates on millionaires in 60 years’ stance. Politically, the tea-party driven GOP has a gun to their heads telling Obama “stop, or we’ll shoot
      ***
      And I’ll bet a “White Flag” don’t pop out and knock their brains out (cause liars lost those years ago) when the Tea Party pulls the trigger. (I’m referring to the rinos, nobody’s getting close enough to b o till he changes to Right Guard! The left will see to that but if he ever wavers, his own party will take him out.

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  • TheGreatMan
    Posted on December 31, 2012 at 4:19pm

    Let the party begin. Have bourbon and plenty of ice.

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  • Walkabout
    Posted on December 31, 2012 at 4:19pm

    It is better that we go over the cliff. Obama offered very little or nothing in the way of spending cuts.

    This way we get cuts.

    On top of the domestic stuff that gets hung around his neck, obama gets to own the Arab Spring. He gets to own sharia law in Egypt plus the coming war. Egypt runs out o money between June & December 2013.

    Ravens love obama.

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    • MONICNE
      Posted on December 31, 2012 at 4:38pm

      Mate(s), when you say “we” do you mean the Royal We, or are you a US Citizen. How about this, then: for your New Year’s resolution (It was already over in Australia, right) you admit to the Blaze the country you vote in and pay taxes to. Thanks Walkabout(s).

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    • Walkabout
      Posted on December 31, 2012 at 4:56pm

      Egypt central banks warns foreign currency reserves at “minimum critical level” – Newser.com

      “The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the second is war. …” ~Earnest Hemingway

      Just to back up what I was saying because the original post of 3 links was deleted.

      @Monicne a.k.a “sleazy hippo”
      keep up the ad hominem attacks. Stay classy.

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    • soybomb315_II
      Posted on December 31, 2012 at 5:39pm

      Republicans can squabble about taxes all they want but the economy will not be remotely healthy until the budget is balanced. Since we have divided government, there will have to be tax increases in order to get spending cuts. Personally, i preferred Ron Paul’s $1Trillion spending cut on Year 1 but it was not to be.

      We have to take any spending cuts we can get, and it looks to me like republicans are trying to make a deal to avoid them

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    • AvengerK
      Posted on December 31, 2012 at 6:04pm

      MONICNE/ENCINOM/SLEAZY HIPPO/KREGNEVA…and of course as a lefty..you get all gooey at the thought of others paying taxes don’t you tiger? Do all of your online personalities “pay their fair share” little guy? Here fishy…LOL.

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    • Mil Mom
      Posted on December 31, 2012 at 9:22pm

      @soybomb315_II
      Posted on December 31, 2012 at 5:39pm

      Republicans can squabble about taxes all they want but the economy will not be remotely healthy until the budget is balanced. Since we have divided government, there will have to be tax increases in order to get spending cuts. Personally, i preferred Ron Paul’s $1Trillion spending cut on Year 1 but it was not to be.

      We have to take any spending cuts we can get, and it looks to me like republicans are trying to make a deal to avoid them
      ***
      Wouldn’t be hard to balance the budget without tax increases: 1) Abolish all departments of the government which cause more cost to the economy than they produce good for. 2) All let go Federal workers can only receive unemployment for 36 weeks at the rate their private counterparts would recieve, not government rates. 3) Cut taxes to stimulate economic growth, (see history, Kennedy, Reagan, Bush 43.) . 4) Repeal all Obama’s executive orders and all regulations back unitl a time we had a balanced budget.
      Problem solved really easy! Just need to destroy, “Hillary’s lock box” before the new Congress get’s immasculated.

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    • soybomb315_II
      Posted on December 31, 2012 at 11:23pm

      @Mil Mom
      Like i said, i prefered the Ron Paul plan because it would almost immediately balance the budget. Mitt Romney abandoned Paul Ryan’s plan and that didnt even balance the budget within 10 years

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  • DEFCON4
    Posted on December 31, 2012 at 4:18pm

    When, I get to the bottom, I go back to the top of the slide.
    And I stop and I turn,
    and I go for a ride.
    And I get to the “bottom”, and I see you again……..
    Look out it’s “Helter-Skelter” ! ! !

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  • whatthecrazy
    Posted on December 31, 2012 at 4:17pm

    Got my Parachute ready.Hey lets party like it’s 1999 and we have never heard of you know who.Yee haa…………….

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  • CANDLEMAKER
    Posted on December 31, 2012 at 4:17pm

    Let’s go over the cliff!!!!! Time for everyone to WAKE UP have some pain because Obama won’t STOP SPENDING!! Hey, Obama…..WE NEED JOBS OUT HERE!!! Kill Obamacare, CUT SPENDING AND CREATE JOBS!!!!! Sheesh!!! I can’t believe that we have this Socialist idiot running our country for another 4 years!!! Time for people to wake up and time for Obama to take the blame for ALL of this mess!!!!

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  • vpeva1
    Posted on December 31, 2012 at 4:17pm

    I take comfort knowing there are many out there who still love this land and will fight for it. I may not be a soldier in uniform but I have a soldier’s heart.

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  • The-Monk
    Posted on December 31, 2012 at 4:16pm

    I’m watching the Senate on C-SPAN and their talking about Russian adoptions….

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  • powedj
    Posted on December 31, 2012 at 4:15pm

    Hi Ho, Hi Ho, over the cliff we go, Hi Ho, Hi Ho. Happy New Year Everyone!.

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    • GoodCook
      Posted on December 31, 2012 at 5:42pm

      Let’s hear it for the Thema and Loise moment. Anybody got a T-Bird convetible?

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  • Hobbs57
    Posted on December 31, 2012 at 4:12pm

    This is what happens when you have the Vice President doing the presidents job for him .. Way to go Joe !! and my Master Obama !!

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  • progressiveslayer
    Posted on December 31, 2012 at 4:12pm

    This is shocking indeed,folks as you probably know Barry didn’t want to make a deal he wanted the rates to go up and they will and not just income taxes they’ll be plenty of new taxes as well.Capital gains,when you sell your house (good luck with that) and many many more taxes brought to you by a Marxist POS and a candyass congress.The Obama depression coming soon globally.

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    • CatB
      Posted on December 31, 2012 at 4:54pm

      Don’t forget ObamaTAX (no care) kicks in at MIDNIGHT also! Way to double down … ON STUPID.

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    • U.S. Constitutionist
      Posted on December 31, 2012 at 5:26pm

      Could of, Should of, Would of moment… November election 2012 feels as to have happened last spring…

      To those that ‘blew off’ going to the polls… You have NO say in what is going on in the today’s…
      It is not only a right to vote but YOUR civic responsibility…

      This is what happens…

      As James Wilson said in his 4th of July 1788 – Who is James Wilson?

      James Wilson came to America from Scotland in 1765 and quickly learned the law and began to practice in PA. By the time of the Revolution, he was well-known and trusted, and was elected to represent PA in the Continental Congress.

      On July 4, 1788, Wilson gave a speech to a group assembled to celebrate Independence Day and the ratification of the Constitution. The Constitution he had helped draft was just barely formally ratified – NH, the 9th state to do so, had ratified less than 2 wks earlier, and VA, one of the “do or die” states, had ratified just 4 days after NH. He was obviously proud of what he had helped craft, and just as proud that the states had accepted the invitation to a “more perfect union.”

      “To speak without a metaphor; if the people, at their elections, take care to choose none but representatives that are wise and good; their representatives will take care, in their turn, to choose or appoint none but such as are wise and good also. The remark applies to every succeeding election and appointment.”

      Enough said

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    • ranepowel
      Posted on December 31, 2012 at 5:26pm

      All that really matters is that the next part of Obamacare kicks in at midnight, and Hobby Lobby gets their first 1.3 million dollar fine. So happy to watch them fail!! :D

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  • paprtowl
    Posted on December 31, 2012 at 4:11pm

    obama brings it on .

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  • Roby1watt
    Posted on December 31, 2012 at 4:08pm

    Ahhhhhhhh happy new year!

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  • msconstrue
    Posted on December 31, 2012 at 4:06pm

    s.n.a.f.u.!!!!!!!

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  • skippy6
    Posted on December 31, 2012 at 4:06pm

    http://russelldavis.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/homer-doh-square.jpg

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  • soybomb315_II
    Posted on December 31, 2012 at 4:05pm

    I am going to consider it a fiscal cliff party then

    Why does Theblaze act like it is a bad thing? At least we get a little bit of spending cuts. The alternative is no spending cuts and tax increases

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    • civilwarcometh
      Posted on December 31, 2012 at 4:17pm

      You really think this POS will cut anything? Really SOY? You know just as i do they will NOT cut anything. Well the military cuts will go into effect but if you think this POS follows the rule of law your batsh!! CRAZY! I know your not crazy but man listen to yourself…..

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    • Cavallo
      Posted on December 31, 2012 at 4:26pm

      Exactly. I guess they couldn’t find enough safe district RINOs to vote for it.

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    • joey g
      Posted on December 31, 2012 at 4:31pm

      right on///////

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    • Walkabout
      Posted on December 31, 2012 at 4:32pm

      “Appearing on NBCs “Meet the Press” on Sunday, President Barack Obama said that he cut spending by more than $1 trillion in 2011. However, the White House Office of Management and Budget says that federal spending increased by $147 billion from fiscal 2010 to fiscal 2011.”

      http://cnsnews.com/news/article/obama-i-cut-spending-over-trillion-dollars-2011

      This just confirms that obama is a pathological liar.

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    • Fubared
      Posted on December 31, 2012 at 5:45pm

      I will see that trillion buck lie and raise you another.
      http://www.atr.org/trillion-obamacare-tax-hike-hitting-jan-a7393

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    • Glennda
      Posted on December 31, 2012 at 6:00pm

      WANKABOUT . . You don’t understand much about economics, budgets, base lines, projections, etc. That’s OK, it’s pretty complicated.

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    • AvengerK
      Posted on December 31, 2012 at 6:09pm

      Barrys’ done with you for the evening GLENNDUH/WANGO/HORSEDANCER/PANTLOADIAN…wipe your chin and leave the room now little guy. Oh and dust your knees off..

      Yeah…Obama cut a trillion dollars in 2011..like the phantom cuts of the Iraq war right? He’s counting borrowed money as a spending cut. Go peddle your idiocy at Media Matters where they believe your buffoonery you cretinous pustule.

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    • Mil Mom
      Posted on December 31, 2012 at 9:27pm

      @Cavallo
      Posted on December 31, 2012 at 4:26pm

      Exactly. I guess they couldn’t find enough safe district RINOs to vote for it
      ***
      NOW THERE IS CAUSE TO PARTY!!!

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    • Mil Mom
      Posted on December 31, 2012 at 9:40pm

      @Glennda
      Posted on December 31, 2012 at 6:00pm

      WANKABOUT . . You don’t understand much about economics, budgets, base lines, projections, etc. That’s OK, it’s pretty complicated
      ***
      And much more easily understood midst the blue haze of choom gang smoke floating serenely round your head! Take the wagon and wake up for 2013, IT WAS YOUR FUTURE TOO, THEY’VE DESTROYED!

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  • AvengerK
    Posted on December 31, 2012 at 4:04pm

    I guess Barry’s speech was well received.

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    • Glennda
      Posted on December 31, 2012 at 5:57pm

      Yes, it was, but only by real Americans who are true patriots and care about this country – it’s founding and its future. That leaves you and other conservatives out. Because clearly you hate the very idea of America.

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on December 31, 2012 at 6:03pm

      Hi Wango,

      I see you fixed your avatar. Looks good.

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    • AvengerK
      Posted on December 31, 2012 at 6:12pm

      What about your other screenames WANGO/HORSIE/PANTY/GLENNDUH..do they all feel the same way as you do? LOL. They’re all “patriots” right? Because patriots need to hide behind lots of aliases to speak their minds. Idiot.

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    • Glennda
      Posted on December 31, 2012 at 6:35pm

      AVENGECAKE . . . I change names as often as you change your principles. Sorry, principle. What is it today? Death to the French? Death to gays? Death to blacks? Death to gay black Frenchmen? Or is it something to do with restraining orders and custody? (Yeah, the courts are always stacked against you, aren’t they?)

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    • Glennda
      Posted on December 31, 2012 at 6:37pm

      DUH MONK . . . It worked both ways. I like this way better. Thanks for finally getting to that punch list.

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on December 31, 2012 at 7:21pm

      Hi Wango,

      Happy New Year Wango.

      What’s a punch list?

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    • Kregneva
      Posted on December 31, 2012 at 9:33pm

      Monk Seals have been eliminated in Davis Island and surrounding barrier reef in the Saint Petersburg-Clearwater-Tampa region. It is said they could not pay the Fair Facts Count E taxes, or sing a Chant-illy that would Ride a Chain Bridge. Not without Gas per Ella – anyway.

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  • Cavallo
    Posted on December 31, 2012 at 4:04pm

    Booya!

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