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The sad things is that the 5 of Michigan&rsquo;s GOP congressmen VOTED FOR it including:<br />
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Dan Benishek<br />
Dave Camp<br />
Candice Miller<br />
Mike Rogers<br />
Fred Upton<br />
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Give credit to the 5 of Michigan&rsquo;s GOP congressmen VOTED AGAINST passage of the bill for it including:<br />
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Justin Amash<br />
Bill Huizenga<br />
Tim Walberg<br />
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Speaker John Boehner and Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan also VOTED FOR the bill.<br />
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The deal will:<br />
1. Will extend tax cuts for individuals making less than $400,000 and couples making less than $450,000.<br />
2. raise the top rate on estate taxes and capital gains. <br />
3. Extend unemployment benefits for one year.<br />
4. Block a 27 percent cut in Medicare payments to doctors. <br />
5. Delay for two months the across-the-board spending cuts known as the &quot;sequester.&quot;<br />
6. Will add roughly $4 trillion to the deficit.<br />
7. The bill has $15 billion in spending cuts while increasing tax revenues by $620 billion&mdash;a 41:1 ratio of tax increases to spending cuts.<br />
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Is this a deal that you would have agreed to?<br />
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Is it time for a new Speaker of the House?<br />
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For an article on THE REAL DEAL AND WHAT IT MEANS TO ALL OF US click on the following story link:<br />
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