Is "Rebranding" the new "Spin?"

Rebranding Failure

“ Let me remind you, the reason we are in this position is because Republicans in 2001 and 2003 passed bills which put us in this position [and] which said these taxes would be phased out," the Maryland Democrat told reporters. "They were playing budget games. -Boss Hoyer ”

Under Senate rules, tax cuts inserted into budget legislation must receive 60 votes to become permanent. Otherwise, the breaks must expire after 10 years. Passed 58 to 33, the 2001 the tax cuts received the support of a dozen Senate Democrats, while Republicans Sens. John McCain of Arizona and Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island opposed them. “ Asked about Mr. Hoyer's claim that Republicans are to blame for the impending tax increase, J.D. Foster, a senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative-leaning think tank, said, "This is the kind of intentionally confusing rhetoric Washington specializes in." Mr. Bush "proposed [tax cuts] to be permanent. In every budget he offered, they were to be permanent," Mr. Foster said. "I just have to wonder what planet [Mr. Hoyer] is on." [Full]