Obama may delay Hawaiian vacation over tax fight

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CNN:

President Barack Obama is considering at least a short delay to the start of his holiday vacation in Hawaii so he can try to work out a deal with congressional Republicans on the Bush tax cuts that expire December 31, CNN has learned.

Two senior administration officials tell CNN the White House has been getting signals that the lame duck session of Congress could drag on past December 18, when the president is scheduled to depart for Hawaii.

Obama has privately said he is willing to stay in Washington until Christmas Eve if necessary to finish the contentious debate over taxes, the officials said.

While administration officials do not expect that Obama will have to stay in town until Christmas Eve, which he did last year because of health care reform, they believe there could be a delay of at least a couple of days.

The reason is that Democrats and Republicans have made little progress in the tax debate so far, and White House aides went into Tuesday's long-awaited "Slurpee Summit" believing that both parties will need a lot more negotiating time beyond this one meeting to come up with a compromise.

Senior Republican aides scoffed at the idea that a tax cut deal could not be worked out before December 17, suggesting that perhaps the White House talk of a vacation delay may just be a negotiating ploy to push Republicans into a quick compromise since they have vacations waiting for them as well.

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Another vacation... it's rough when you have to work your vacations around your work schedule.

[pollyannaish]

So a rich guy who lives and vacations on the countries dime has to stay in DC to see how much money he gets to take away from hard working "rich" people.

 

(How lovely.)^sarcasm

[cudjo]

I really don't care where O goes just so he goes

[Geee]

It's just amazing how this guy will make sacrifices like this for the good of the nation-sarc.

[AceRimmer]

It's too cold to wear goofy shorts on a golf course in DC during Christmas season.

 

Fire up Air Force 1! Let's go on a Hawaii vacation! And let me bring my golf bag!

[Pepper]

cudjo

 

Hey, that happens to be my President you're talking about.

 

 

How about showing some respect???

 

 

And

 

 

addresses of movers

 

 

I really don't care where O goes just so he goes