Kyl: Tax deal needs to get done by Monday to pass START in lame duck

[Joanne98]

Source: The Hill

Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) said Wednesday that President Obama must reach a deal on extending the Bush tax cuts by Monday if a nuclear arms treaty has a chance of passing the Senate by the end of the year.

“The deal on taxes has to be done very early next week, like Monday,” Kyl said.



Kyl said if negotiators don’t reach a deal on the Bush taxes within a week “then you’re not going to have time to do START,” making a reference to the pending Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty with Russia. The Senate must ratify it with a two-thirds vote of the chamber.

The emerging conventional wisdom has been that Senate Republicans would agree to ratify START if Obama and Democratic leaders agreed to a temporary extension of the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts.

This legislative horse trade may not be possible because of the highly-politicized debate surrounding the tax rates and the little time left in the lame-duck session.

“If the taxes all can’t be resolved and voted on and completed and spending for the government for the next ten months completed by like next Monday, I don’t know how there’s enough time to complete START," Kyl said.



Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/131413-kyl-tax-deal-needs-to-get-done-by-monday-to-pass-start-in-lame-duck

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It's a SET UP! If we pass the Bush tax cuts FIRST they will NEVER pass anything we want!

[Proud Liberal Dem]

1. So, now there's a deadline

for caving to these extortionists???

:wtf:

Nobody can write ransom notes quite as well as these guys do.

[DesertFlower]

2. i'm beginning to really hate republicans.

i sent McCain a nasty e-mail yesterday.

[HomerRamone]

8. beginning? nt

[City Lights]

10. I've hated republicans for decades. I'm beginning to hate all politicians.

:puke:

[DesertFlower]

16. i know how you feel. t

[KamaAina]

3. Par for the course

holding world peace hostage for a few extra billion$$$. :grr:

[2Design]

4. make them all stay right through the holidays - maybe they can learn another word besides NO

[pattmarty]

5. If I was the Prez, I would make it plain and simple; "fuck you, Kyl".

[BeyondGeography]

6. They're like drunks running in circles around us

[last_texas_dem]

7. Who the hell elected Jon Kyl Senate Majority Leader?

[thecrow]

14. Maybe Boner was too drunk?

[City Lights]

9. Fuck you, Kyl!

Up, down, and sideways.

[gkhouston]

11. "Emerging conventional wisdom"="latest talking point".

If START doesn't pass because of the Republicans, that failure (and its consequences) will be on their heads. They're the ones creating a false linkage between the two bills.

[blackspade]

12. John Kyl is a terrorist sympathizer.

There, I said it.
John Kyl is willing to endanger the US by allowing terrorists (TM) easier access to nuclear weapons material.
Why does John Kyl hate America?

[Turbineguy]

13. Nobody likes a

blackmailer.

[ProudDad]

15. Kyl

needs to eat shit and die!!!

God, how I HATE the idea of that piece of shit being "my senator"... :puke:

[Hawkeye-X]

17. How a fuck you, Kyl - we'll let the tax cuts expire

and the Republican obstruction of getting the START treaty passed will endanger us all.

Fuck off, fuckwad - if you don't like what you are seeing, quit. Let a Democratic person take your spot.

[ArcticFox]

18. Here's an idea that treats everyone equally:

Let the tax cuts run their natural and intended course (i.e., EXPIRE).

Then, pass a tax cut that applies to the first $250,000 of income earned by anybody.

That's it. Everybody receives exactly the same tax rate reduction.

[thereismore]

19. extortion. Money for the rich for the future of mankind. nt