Brainfade Posted October 8, 2013 Posted October 8, 2013 http://www.nationaljournal.com/congress/19-times-democrats-tried-to-negotiate-with-republicans-20131007 Devil meets details: http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/brenner-brief/2013/oct/1/government-shutdown-and-assigning-blame-claims-ver/ CLAIM: The Democrats have been trying to negotiate with Republicans for six months, and the GOP leaders in Congress have refused. It is true that the Senate Republicans blocked Leader Reid from setting up a conference committee on the budget back in April of this year, after the Senate passed a budget in March. However, the reason for doing so was not simply because the GOP did not want a conference committee. The real reason is that President Obama refused at the time to take tax increases off the table, saying they were a must. Knowing that the Republicans did not support any type of tax increase, GOP leadership simply said that there was no reason for the conference committee given that a parameter was already set in place that the GOP could not accept. In reality, Obama was not allowing for any compromise, making a demand before the negotiations even began. It is disappointing that a respected magazine such as the National Journal published something with no context.
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