Tell President Obama: "Don't back down to Boehner." Use the form to the right to send a message (and scroll down to see what others have written)
Once again, John Boehner is moving the goal posts. After the Senate overwhelmingly (89-10) passed a deal to extend the payroll tax cut, in a deal Boehner himself had previously supported, Boehner suddenly pulled a flip-flop, and announced his House GOP members would vote against it.
This move is extreme, even for Boehner. An overwhelming majority of Senators -- including an overwhelming majority of Republicans -- voted to support the deal. And for the first time, even GOP Senators are openly speaking out against the intransigence of their House counterparts:
GOP Sen. Scott Brown ripped into House Republicans on Tuesday after Speaker John Boehner vowed that his caucus would reject the short-term payroll tax cut extension that nearly 90 percent of senators voted for over the weekend. "The House Republicans’ plan to scuttle the deal to help middle-class families is irresponsible and wrong," Brown said in a statement. At least two other Senate Republicans facing reelection in 2012 – Dean Heller of Nevada and Dick Lugar of Indiana – also called on the GOP-controlled House to pass the Senate plan. (source: Politico)
The Republican Party is splitting. More rational Republican members of Congress (what few remain) realize that Boehner's move could be a disaster for the party. They understand that Boehner and the Republican party will be seen by voters as having been responsible for effectively increasing tax rates for the middle and working class.
If Boehner wants to be so foolish as to walk off this electoral cliff, the President should let him.
Tell President Obama: "Don't back down to Boehner."