Setting up a bitter struggle in the Senate that could last until the Christmas holidays, the Republicans may have very good Democratic hand over, in particular the President, an effective counter-narrative to run in 2012.
However, the political implications too early to decide on such proposals competing for payroll tax cuts a broad plan quickly rejected this week by the Senate of caustic.
Legislative and policy elements of the Act of pure political messages obscure. However, there are two stories: one buried in percentage and complex mathematics and the other tax code which sheds light on the ideological line of the error that creates congestion in Congress today.
Felicia Sonmez in The Washington Post tried to explain it and end up spending too much time on Capitol Hill:
The size of the democratic, which would cut payroll taxes 3.9 percent next year and a half, blocked the vote 50-48; 60 votes are needed for the Bill to proceed. It will be charged a new surtax on the wealthy.