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JEFFREY BROWN (Newshour): A Republican bill to preserve a politically charged tax cut went before the U.S. House today. But the move sparked an immediate warning from the White House.
It was the latest act in the building drama over a payroll tax cut extension for 160 million Americans. Republicans pushed a bill to keep the tax cut for another year. It would also extend long-term jobless benefits again, while gradually winding down the maximum time period from 99 to 59 weeks.
But they also attached a separate provision which would force federal approval of the hotly debated Keystone oil pipeline to run from Canada to Texas.
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor argued that's about creating jobs.
COMMENT: BS! Attaching the Keystone oil pipeline to this bill is ludicrous. The pipeline IS, and should be, a separate issue.
I really wish our Constitution did NOT allow riders on Senate or House bills, unfortunately is does not. IMHO a bill should be required to state a purpose then ALL the text of the bill should specifically and ONLY address the stated purpose.
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