There is no hope for the current House. So, if the Payroll Tax Credit won't get them the attention and 'wedge' they are looking for, the GOP is going to waste valuable time on politics and not the country.
...Congress (click here) has until Feb.29 to agree to extend the payroll tax cut, or the tax will rise 2 percentage points to the original rate of 6.2 percent. The president signed a two-month extension of the tax cut in December, as part of a deal that also extended unemployment insurance and avoided a reduction in Medicare fees for doctors.
Republicans are split on whether to extend the tax cut, although the party's congressional leaders say a deal will be reached....
There is actually far less time for the House to pass the extension. The legislative days left in February is something like 6 days?
What do the complaints of the Catholic Church have to do with the Payroll Tax Cut?
The House absolutely hates President Obama and his administration. They just do.
GOP vows to reverse Obama birth control policy (click title to entry - thank you)
WASHINGTON—Republicans vowed Wednesday to reverse President Barack Obama's new policy on birth control, lambasting the requirement that religious schools and hospitals provide employees with free contraceptives as an "unambiguous attack on religious freedom in our country."
The White House pushed back in the face of a political firestorm, arguing that Obama was sensitive to the objections and looking for a way to allay the concerns. Democratic women lawmakers put up a united front in defending the administration.
"Women's health care should not depend on who the boss is," said Illinois Rep. Jan Schakowsky....
The GOP sees more importance in attempting a political wedge issue with Hispanics rather than solving the nation's problems.
Oh, wait. I forgot. The Middle Class's economic strife is irrelevant to the GOP. The only purpose the Middle Class has for the GOP is how best to manipulate any election's outcome.
The GOP does not care about women's health and this is another example of it. They do not believe in religious freedom and this is another example.
FAITH is a SOFT TARGET and the political opportunity for the GOP is too great to pass up. This isn't about faith. It is about politics.
I understand the objections of the Vatican. I understand it all too well. If for one minute anyone believes this isn't about trying to effect American political outcomes, think again. The Obama Administration has ended discrimination against Gays in the military. Oh, the verbiage of the Catholic Church isn't political, but, the pressure is there, isn't it?
The Church is objecting to having to carry health insurance for women allowing birth control in its INSTITUTIONS. The Church by its insistence of control over a populous that works within its institutions doesn't believe in conscience or the ability of women to discern their own adherence to morality. Patriarchy. The Catholic Church is patriarchal and according to their stance, women just don't know their place.
The Catholic Church in its 'stance' on the fact employees are not allowed to have contraception in their health insurance policies are calling women chattel.
The GOP sees more importance in attempting a political wedge issue with Hispanics rather than solving the nation's problems.
Oh, wait. I forgot. The Middle Class's economic strife is irrelevant to the GOP. The only purpose the Middle Class has for the GOP is how best to manipulate any election's outcome.
The GOP does not care about women's health and this is another example of it. They do not believe in religious freedom and this is another example.
FAITH is a SOFT TARGET and the political opportunity for the GOP is too great to pass up. This isn't about faith. It is about politics.
I understand the objections of the Vatican. I understand it all too well. If for one minute anyone believes this isn't about trying to effect American political outcomes, think again. The Obama Administration has ended discrimination against Gays in the military. Oh, the verbiage of the Catholic Church isn't political, but, the pressure is there, isn't it?
The Church is objecting to having to carry health insurance for women allowing birth control in its INSTITUTIONS. The Church by its insistence of control over a populous that works within its institutions doesn't believe in conscience or the ability of women to discern their own adherence to morality. Patriarchy. The Catholic Church is patriarchal and according to their stance, women just don't know their place.
The Catholic Church in its 'stance' on the fact employees are not allowed to have contraception in their health insurance policies are calling women chattel.
