Originally posted by DanNx:
his earlier efforts to link tax hikes to funding had failed.



A temporary repeal of a tax cut is not a tax hike. To be sure, it was a typical political ploy, but in this case it was an attempt to reign in the income/expenditure balance which was and is spiraling out of control. Since at the final vote he knew it would pass anyway, it simply served as a statement of fiscal responsibility.

Kerry was not the impediment either, look up why after the bill was passed no action was seen for months. Members of both parties made statements concerning the administration's lack of action and the misdirection of moneys procured for the war effort.


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