GOP Filibusters Small Business Bill After Criticizing Dems For Delay

[FredK]

For several days now, Senate Republicans have ridiculed their Democratic counterparts for prioritizing campaign finance legislation over a bill that would benefit small businesses, arguing that Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) was putting electoral advantages over jobs for everyday people.

On Tuesday, the DISCLOSE Act failed to get the needed votes for cloture, in the process providing the Senate the time needed to move on to other business. But when leadership brought a revised version of the small business bill to the floor on Thursday morning, they were met with united Republican opposition.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/huffpost/201...uffpost/663791

One wonders who is helping and who stalling at this point?

[Tommy]

OOOO BAD Reps for trying to get their say in the bill!

"It's not going to die," said Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell spokesman Don Stewart, who noted that another vote could be held as early as today. "We just want to have amendments considered. They made a start, allowing three -- so we're making progress."

From the huffington post?

Not to mention who is going to pay for this part?

Speaking on the floor, McConnell bemoaned the fact that "over a billion dollars in agriculture spending" has been added to the text. That said, there are fairly substantive bipartisan components to the legislation, which would eliminate capital gains taxes for investment in small firms, create a Small Business Lending Fund to underwrite loan through community banks and create a credit initiative for small business to help meet state budget shortfalls

[LawDog]

Yep, he conveniently glossed over this part

leadership brought a revised version of the small business bill to the floor on

Maybe theyshould pass it then find out what the revisions are.....