Leading House GOP figure's compromise plan gets shot down
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Washington (CNN) -- House Speaker John Boehner and other conservatives shot down a proposal from a senior congressional Republican who suggested that his GOP colleagues break from their firm anti-tax position and agree to a demand from Democrats to immediately renew middle class tax cuts. Rep. Tom Cole of Oklahoma, a member of the leadership team that helps round up House votes, told fellow GOP lawmakers that he thought they should, as a matter of political strategy, extend just the tax-rate cuts for those making $250,000 or less before the end of the year -- a position being pushed by President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats. Cole first floated the idea at a closed-door meeting of the Republican whip team on Tuesday and his comments were first reported by Politico.
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Rep. Tom Cole
Overall Sentiment: -0.146592
Relevance: 0.869
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| 0.110978 | "In my view we all agree that we're not going to raise taxes on people who make less than $250,000. We should just take them out of this discussion right now, continue to fight against any rate increases, continue to work honestly for a much bigger deal," Cole said. ... |
| 0.164024 | "My job is to get the best deal from the American taxpayers that I can get," he said. ... |
| 0.170902 | "My job is to get the best deal from the American taxpayers that I can get," he said. "If by keeping the pledge taxes go up on everybody then I don't know if that's a very good idea. If on the other hand we can negotiate a deal, which I think we can which keeps rates where they are but provides revenue and certainly protects people below $250,000 I think we have a responsibility to try and do that." |
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Boehner
Overall Sentiment: 0.174736
Relevance: 0.288392
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| 0 | "I told Tom earlier in our conference meeting that I disagreed with him," Boehner told ... |
| 0.015148 | "I told Tom earlier in our conference meeting that I disagreed with him," Boehner told reporters after meeting with GOP rank and file. "He's a wonderful friend of mine and a great supporter of mine but raising taxes on the so-called top 2 percent -- half of those taxpayers are small business owners that pay their taxes through personal income tax filing every year." |
| -0.203036 | Boehner delivered a message to his members that he planned to reiterate to the CEOs, "We won't be party to is a deal that protects big businesses and preserves special-interest tax breaks while raising tax rates on the small businesses we're counting on to create jobs." |
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President Barack Obama
Overall Sentiment: -0.0324586
Relevance: 0.233159
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House Speaker John Boehner
Overall Sentiment: -0.0800737
Relevance: 0.215279
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| 0 | "I told Tom earlier in our conference meeting that I disagreed with him," Boehner told ... |
| 0.015148 | "I told Tom earlier in our conference meeting that I disagreed with him," Boehner told reporters after meeting with GOP rank and file. "He's a wonderful friend of mine and a great supporter of mine but raising taxes on the so-called top 2 percent -- half of those taxpayers are small business owners that pay their taxes through personal income tax filing every year." |
| -0.203036 | Boehner delivered a message to his members that he planned to reiterate to the CEOs, "We won't be party to is a deal that protects big businesses and preserves special-interest tax breaks while raising tax rates on the small businesses we're counting on to create jobs." |
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Raul Labrador
Overall Sentiment: -0.0152581
Relevance: 0.210403
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| -0.33464 | "I think he's wrong and I think most of the conference thinks that he's wrong," Labrador said. ... |
| 0.016633 | "I think he's wrong and I think most of the conference thinks that he's wrong," Labrador said. "I think he's, you know, he's a good man who's served here for a long time. But he's also a man who has voted for a lot of the increased spending in Washington, D.C., and that's the problem." |
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Sen. Patty Murray
Overall Sentiment: -0.12871
Relevance: 0.199557
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| 0.0395655 | "I applaud Representative Cole for that common sense and brave position. I am hopeful that he can persuade other Republicans to do the right thing for our families, small business owners and communities across the country who have so much at stake and who are looking to us to solve this problem," Murray said. ... |
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Erskine Bowles
Overall Sentiment: -0.0315514
Relevance: 0.191565
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Kevin Brady
Overall Sentiment: 0
Relevance: 0.154841
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| -0.162114 | "I think this is a false choice between running off the fiscal cliff and damaging the economy, or raising rates on small businesses and professionals that also damages the economy," Texas Republican Kevin Brady, a senior member of the tax writing ... |
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Norquist
Overall Sentiment: 0.249436
Relevance: 0.152169
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Overall Sentiment: 0
Relevance: 0.126059
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Organization: Republicans
Overall Sentiment: -0.0468671
Relevance: 0.376975
Organization: Democrats
Overall Sentiment: 0
Relevance: 0.340984
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