as we mentioned around lunch this afternoon, a separate unemployment/Medicare bill far more likely given the rumblings of clean bills

clean is referring to the payroll tax cut itself...they want no bull**** involved so both parties can say to the people "we passed it"

well looks like I'm still having to get a job at the end of summer and Ipoker is never coming back.

This "it isn't the right time" bull **** is getting old and it's starting to seem like more of a string along than anything.

Who exactly is stringing you along?

You sound like a child.

I think there talking about the payroll tax cut bill being clean.

UI and medicare kind of have to pass, cutting off U.I. right now is not going to happen.

Medicare, is a big doctor payout cut. AARP will make sure that bill happens, I guess it is just a matter of how much pull Reid has, if Kyle wants states to not offer gambling and as in poker the luck of the next card to fall. Nice though we still have some stack to work with on another run at the prize.

yes, its all an elaborate rouse to mess with us

Geez if it couldn't get done with that many "One Times" out there we are screwed.

Get it done! Have my 1 time pending with full tilt funds.

IMO, I think even if Reid and Kyl are in agreement, we're going to have to rope in some tribal support and potentially some lottery support before this can sneak this through as an attachment unless we get a really unlikely perfect storm of circumstances (bill the House GOP REALLY wants passed that Reid/Obama find acceptable but dont need to pass per se).

Kyl is the toughest piece of the puzzle though, and there's enough here to surmise that Reid and Kyl are, at the least, very close. If that gets done, good chance we get a good sweat at some point this year. I dont think this is the sweat, I doubt anything is imminent, and we're definitely still real underdogs, but reasons for cheer this week.

Yep I'm mellow now. It's not the end of the world. I'm happy with dog scraps (State legislation) which seems much more likely to happen sooner right now.

I hope everyone realizes that UI insurance and the "doc fix" are both set to expire at the end of the month. Potential vehicles that will pass very soon.

Did I miss something? Earlier today CNN was reporting they were close to a deal for the tax cut, doc fix, and unemployment insurancecombined into one bill. Is it looking like they are going to split the payroll tax cut apart from the other two?

they've been talking about doing these separately since yesterday...nobody knows, not really worth wasting too much brain power on it

So we went from ~80% equity to ~15% equity overnight?

I for one, am shocked. Shocked I tel you.

Awesome!!! Another carrot dangled for us!!! You don't work for the ppa do you ?

as clayton points out on twitter, i perhaps misread this (i should read the whole article rather than quotes), and they were referring to the payroll bill

dik**** and boehner need to get together and make something happen.

did you read the whole article?

do you think the PPA is miracle worker?

no and yes?

I'm as disapointed as anyone but blaming the PPA is wrong IMO. It's our elected officials who are too tied up in their own bull **** to get anything done.

there is zero chance that a federal ipoker will not happen. the big 3 raked 50 million a week ,there is no way that these greedy pigs will allow 200 million a month to not be earned. the doj out of the blue just reverses there decision on the legality of online poker. and all the other **** that has gone down black friday ect ect. these scumbag loser liar politicians will make this happen it is inevitable. lol @ the thought of the greediest pigs on the universe not getting there cut of 200 million a month. lets forget all the bull****, deep down inside we all know ipoker will be regulated soon cus the pigs want there money/

Lawmakers inching closer to payroll tax cut deal

Important distinction imo...

NYT: BREAKING NEWS 6:24 PM ET
Lawmakers Reach Tentative Deal on Payroll Tax and Jobless Benefits

No link yet.

One time! Jobless bene's now im getting excited