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Pelosi, Obama disagree on tax cuts, Bush investigations
From CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney
(CNN) — Two days before President-elect Barack Obama is officially sworn in, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made clear she disagrees with the incoming administration on at least two issues.
Obama has indicated he is not interested in repealing President Bush's tax cuts for wealthy Americans before they expire in two years or investigating past actions of the Bush administration.
But speaking on Fox News Sunday, Pelosi said she wants Congress to consider repealing tax cuts on those who make over $250,000 immediately and is pushing for a congressional investigation into whether the Bush administration illegally fired federal prosecutors two years ago.
On taxes, Obama's stimulus plan does not call for repealing president's tax cuts for wealthier individuals, even though the president-elect had said he would during the presidential campaign. Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, a top Obama economic advisor, also suggested Sunday that repealing Bush’s tax cuts will not be a priority.
But Pelosi said Sunday she wants the incoming president to stick to his campaign pledge.
"We had campaigned in saying what the Republican Congressional Budget Office told us: Nothing contributed more to the budget deficit than the tax cuts for the wealthiest people in America," Pelosi said in the interview.
A spokesman for Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell called Pelosi's statement "false," and cited a recent fact check from the St. Petersburg Times disputing the House Speaker's claim tax cuts for the wealthy is the biggest contributor to the budget deficit.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com...nvestigations/
Prosecute!
Pelosi is going to lose.
if they fight with one another
nothing will get done
Obama has more of a mandate.
without her support on other issues nothing will get done
She'll cave.
Ducks, why do you hate America?
Not so fast...
FAUX NewsShe hinted that the law might compel Democrats to press forth on some prosecutions, even if they are politically unpopular, adding: "That's not up to us to say that doesn't matter anymore."
"We cannot let the politicizing of, for example, the Justice Department to go unreviewed," she added. "I want to see the truth come forth."
Prosecute a man for something not illegal?
Please stop drinking the Kool-Aid.
I hope these disagreements show them both to be who they really are to those blinded by liberalism...
Good God, man!
Where's my ing thousand bucks I'm supposed to get if this sucker gets elected?
Bad enough he got elected by buying votes, but not even paying off makes it worse...
And why isn't Pelosi trying to make sure he keeps that part of his promise?
All Obama has to do is do everything the opposite of what Medusa advises.
= re-election.
Or do everything she says to speed up the secession.
Either way it's win win.
how's the job hunt?
Why is Pelosi arguing to raise taxes during a recession?
That's the POTUS you're talking about. Why do you hate America?
Because the terrorsts(and those that love them) won.
And because people that give themselves names like ballijuana live here.
I just hope whichever city gets nuked first...that it's yours.
who's gonna nuke us?
Usama(PBUH)
Indeed, it's customary for presidents-elect to fulfill their campaign promises before they take office.
You know, they might actually nuke Utah.
All those Mormon men marrying 42 virgins all at once while alive...
This cant be serious. My grandfather is 79 years old, and you sound a lot like him.
Only you dont have his excuses or his pedigree.
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