Since August, when the budget difficulties really started to hit the fan, I have seen several articles that hint at the possibility that freshman Republican MCs are putting ideology before re-election. This creates an interesting party dynamic that might cause difficulty in building voting coalitions between moderate and extreme fiscal conservatives.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0412/75275.html
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3 comments:
This really seems like position taking to me. The House majority knows well that unless they get a new President and some major overturn in the Senate this November that there is no way they will get Bush tax era extensions and anything in the way of meaningful tax cuts. In the article they state that some factions in the majority are suggesting a complete overhaul of the tax code??? How exactly do they plan on making that happen? Maybe I could see Boehner convincing enough people that Bush Era tax cuts need to be extended due to the tough economic waters around the country, but an overhaul? Highly unlikely.
An overhaul does seem unlikely, the status quo of the IRS is pretty entrenched.
What is interesting to me is that I see differing reports as to whether the Republican majority is ideologically homogeneous or heterogenous. It would seem logical that the majority party would be less homogenous than the minority, just because of what types of MCs have to be elected in competitive districts to achieve that majority.
I agree with Jacob on the "positioning." The article said, "Even if the proposal doesn’t pass, it draws a sharp contrast with what Democrats want to do, conservatives say." There is some other motive outside of actually getting this proposal passed that the GOP want to get accomplished here since it passing is so unlikely.
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