'How can you encourage people to walk the plank if you’re assuming they’re going to drown anyway?'
Rep. Earl Pomeroy, D-N.D., chairman of the House Ways and Means Social Security subcommittee, speaks Jan. 29, 2010, in Bismarck, N.D. Pomeroy has introduced a new bill to provide $250 payments to seniors, if there is no increase in Social Security. Maybe, he said, there will be more of an appetite in Congress to pass it after lawmakers hear from voters in November."Costs of living are inevitably going up, regardless of what that formula says," Pomeroy said.
Rep. Stephanie Murphy, D-Fla., said lawmakers can’t have everything they want when she voted against the Ways and Means Committee’s portion of the package governing taxes and other issues. She and Reps. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, and Jim Costa, D-Calif., each said they want to see what the Senate will accept before voting on the House floor.
“I've been herding cats now for four months or so,” Yarmuth said. He urged lawmakers to “posture all you want” and “fight for what you believe in,” but he predicted Democrats would eventually support the legislation because it contains funding for child care, paid family leave and other popular programs.Pomeroy lost his 18-year seat after supporting the Affordable Care Act. Because the House voted first on the measure in November 2009, he said he faced $3.
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