What does G.O.P. stand for? 

Greed
Oligarchy
Plutocracy

What does R.E.P.U.B.L.I.C.A.N. stand for?

Radical
Extremist
Psychotic
Unhinged
Bigoted
Loud
Intolerant
Cruel
American
Nazi

What does D.E.M.O.C.R.A.T stand for?

Dimwitted
Establishment
Mainstream
Opportunist
Courting
Republicans
Always with
Timidity

What does O.B.A.M.A. stand for?

Oligarchic
Bankers
Always
Move
Ahead

For what it is worth, Barbara Boxer from California said the Democrats would raise the tax break to one Mill but the Republicans say no deal, they want to wait until January. 

This always saying no thing….  may stop once the new old way returns to Washington,  the horn of plenty will once again razz the Republicans to glory once they are again in control.

Boy! Change seems not what it was cranked up to be!

RayLan: Repugs are concerned about small business. You have to remember how “they” define small business. Repugs consider Betchel, the multi-billionaire industry that builds some of the biggest projects in the world, like the Hoover Dam. Betchel has one main owner. Same thing with the over rich Kock brothers and their businesses. They make billions, yet are considered small business owners as all of their businesses have 1 or 2 owners listed.

So no matter what is reality for the majority of the American people, these unqualified persons elected to represent us are so delusional and beholden to the top 1-2% of the richest in this country, they quickly forget the real world and only have eyes and perks for these people and their businesses.

What else is new - they’ve been obstructing for the entire Obama administration - now they have it in writing - big deal -
They justify it now by claiming they have a mandate from the American People. - they take on the ‘vox populi’
It’s obvious of course that the American people really wanted to have unemployment insurance held hostage by greedy demands for tax cuts for the rich.
The linking of rich tax cuts with job creation is such a warped justification it enfuriates me that anybody can be ignorant and/or stupid enough to buy it.
Since when have Reps been concerned about small business? Small business is not in the millions - let’s move up the 250,000 and see what they say. But they won’t budge, because they are hypocritical rationalizers.

Well that’s just your tax dollars at work. Enjoy yourselves: you elected these freaks to be your representatives. Hope you’re proud.

Senate Republicans plotting to make the most of the next few weeks by doing their
darndest to derail any Democratic-backed legislation in the works.  —KA

This garbage will put how many people to work?

So this POS isn’t going to do anything until there is a vote on the tax cut expiration. Okay, Demos, just vote NO! 

It is not a tax increase anyway. Bush decided to have a “sale on taxes” and now that sale is about to end. Now, for all of those sheeple out there who are having a hard time understanding this phenomena thanks to the repugs, GOP T.P.ers and Faux News, what happens when a store has a sale one week and the sale is over with the following week? The prices go back to their ORIGINAL price. Because the old price returns to the same as it was 2 weeks ago, but higher than the sale price of last week does not mean that the item price was increased now does it? NO! The same thing applies to the Bush 10 year temporary tax sale/cuts.

THE SALE IS OVER AND THE PRICES WILL GO BACK TO THEIR OLD RATES, SEE NOT A TAX INCREASE.

I agree with you leefeller, this is all just a game for show.  It creates a nice foil for the democrats to point at, when the reality is they want to please the same people as the republicans. 

After this session it will be time for the bad cop to come back in charge.  There will be no log jam over the next two years, the republicans will pass all the bills they want and get whatever they want.  Obama will back down, congressional democrats will back down.  They won’t block shit.  They will only appear to block it briefly before capitulating in the name of bipartisanship and giving in to whatever hair-brained scheme the republicans want to pass.  The people are going to get screwed and squeezed even more, and this country will sink even further into the neo-depression.

Is it possible this is not real, I mean the Republican’s and Democrats are on the same page, but just give the illusion they are not?

Remember Hillary saying something like she voted for it but hoped it wouldn’t pass and I do not believe she was talking about a kidney stone, was it the Iraq war?

The only thing which may not be partisan is their contempt for the public!

Disclosure: I’m about to talk about Jimmy Carter. If you’re a troll, conservative, Reagan fan or any other creature with a predilection for stupidity….read no further….

Diane Rehm had Jimmy Carter on her program the other day and he mentioned a simple truth: for the last 2 years the Republicans have been irresponsible. Now that they have power in the House their irresponsibility will be in the open, for everyone to see.

And, indeed, the Republicans have already declared war by sending over their “we won’t play with you” notice to Harry Reid and we are going to see a lot more of this in the months and years to come. Consider this:

If the American people (whose power is extremely limited these days) cannot see the Republicans for what they are (I trust you all can fill in the blank with plenty of your own definitions), then this country deserves to fall into the abyss. If we cannot elect people who serve “the public” then we are truly lost.

Ok, then the Democrats should turn the other cheek, blocking all bills that Republicans want.

Because obviously, those thieving, lying, Plutocratic tools, will only introduce bills that favor their bosses, the lobbyists.

And if any Democrat supports any Republican legislation thats a sure sign that, they are not really a Democrat, but a Republican painted blue.

So, a complete log jam in congress for the next two years.

It seems pretty clear that those lying thieving, plutocratic Tools in congress would rather watch their countrymen boil grass, than negotiate with terrorists, or Democrats.