they should be there to discuss both.This is childish,nonsense behavior that helps no one and hurts any ability for our country to recover. Cantor and the rest of the repubs know that there can be no recovery with only tax cuts,it's not possible. It sounds good"we will not raise taxes" but it is pure hog wash and they know it. Their political nonsense is threatening this country and the people like you that support their voodoo economics are just as much to blame. I ask this question over and over and never get an answer....Why are you so opposed to repealing the Bush tax cuts. They did not work. They did not do what they were supposed to do. The rich are not investing,they are not creating jobs with the extra money. They are spending it on themselves and their families.