House Sets Sunday Session as Fiscal Cliff Deadline Nears.

[elleng]

Source: nyt/reuters

The House of Representatives will hold a work session on Sunday beginning at 6:30 p.m. EST (2330 GMT), a day before the December 31 deadline for reaching a deal that would avert the "fiscal cliff."

A senior House Republican aide confirmed that House members were being called back to Washington. The House went on recess a week ago amid a deadlock on how to resolve ways to avoid $600 billion in potentially harmful tax increases and spending cuts.


Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2012/12/27/us/politics/27reuters-usa-fiscal-house.html?hp

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. They sure are bringing it right down to the wire, aren't they?

Smart. NOT.

[janx]

3. That was my first thought as well.

[Javaman]

8. I think sometimes they do it simply for the drama and nothing else. nt

[DJ13]

2. Sounds like Reid's taunt about stalling until Boehner won reelection for Leader

pushed him into a response.

[Lucfreid]

4. Spam deleted by azurnoir (MIR Team)

[robinlynne]

5. Sunday night? Why not Friday morming like the rest of the world?

[railsback]

6. Republicans are nothing but drama queens

They decided long ago that they were going to pass something before time ran out. Does anyone really think they want to go around saying 'the Obama tax cuts'?

[Fearless]

7. World's tiniest violin playing the world's saddest song.

Oh heavens they have to work on a SUNDAY!






Seriously, Republicans, crawl back under your rock and stop grandstanding. You're not going to do anything.