Congress Articles

Please review the following articles and then post a paragraph of reflection on each in your blog.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/12/15/tax.deal/index.html?hpt=T1
I think that it is good that we are going to get that big of a tax cut.  they are going to extend the unemployment benefits for 13 months. they are also going to  cut the payroll tax by 2 percentage points for a year, restore the estate tax at a lower level and continue a series of other tax breaks. The Senate vote is "a win for American families, American businesses, and our economic recovery," Obama said in a written statement. So i think that the tax cut deal will be good for everybody.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/12/15/republicans-vow-reject-pork-filled-omnibus-spending/
A government shutdown looms as Congress risks missing a key deadline this weekend over the battle in the Senate on a massive 2,000-page catchall spending bill. Sen. John McCain tweeted the top 10 earmarks in the spending bill, including $247,000 for virus free wine grapes in Washington State, $413,000 for peanut research in Alabama, $235,000 for noxious weed management in Nevada and $400,000 for solar parking canopies and plug-in electric stations in Kansas. i dont thin that they need to spend that much money on grapes and peanuts and solar parking stations and plug in electric stations in kansas. i dont think they need that much research for those kinds of things.

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/12/15/5655463-the-senates-war-over-christmas
Republicans are saying Majority Leader Harry Reid is to blame for potentially keeping the Senate in session through Christmas."Christmas is a week from Saturday. I understand that. But I hope the Republicans understand it also. Because we are going to complete our work, no matter how long it takes in this Congress," said Reid at a Capitol Hill news conference today. i think that they should get as far as possible and then when christmas comes, i think they should stop and be able to spend christmas with their families. and they can pick up where they left off after they get back from christmas.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20025737-503544.html?tag=cbsnewsLeadStoriesAreaMain
President Obama turned the debate over the extension of the Bush tax cuts into a 2012 campaign issue when he made a deal with Republicans to extend them all for another two years. Obama's deal with Republicans would extend the Bush-era tax cuts for two years, extend unemployment insurance for 13 months, cut the payroll tax for one year and reinstate the estate tax at a relatively low rate and high threshold, among other things. It's anticipated to cost around $900 billion and is not paid for. i think they should think about it more and take more time before they just go out and spend 900 billion dollars that we dont have.