Shameful!
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House has passed a bill to extend middle-class tax cuts while letting those for the wealthy expire, even as talks continue on extending the cuts for everyone.
The bill is a political maneuver to satisfy Democratic supporters who oppose extending tax cuts for the wealthy. Even if the bill passes the House, it has no chance in the Senate, where Democrats need Republican support to pass a tax bill.
Sweeping tax cuts enacted under former President George W. Bush expire at the end of the year. A small bipartisan group of lawmakers and Obama administration officials continued negotiating Thursday on a deal that could extend all the tax cuts, at least temporarily.
The House passed the Democratic bill by a vote of 234 to 188.
PLEASE!!!!
The Dems were running Congress for the last 3 years and 11 months. They've had PLENTY of opportunities to address this tax cut issue.
And, unless my memory fails me, it was Nancy "we-have-to-pass-the-bill-so-we-know-what's-in-it" Pelosi, who was the tiebreaking vote to PUNT the tax cut vote until later.
Now, after getting the lips slapped off their faces in midterms, all of a sudden, the Dems are OOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHH so concerned about the Bush tax cuts.
What's "shameful" is the liberals, waiting until month before they get chucked out of office, to address this and pass foolishness that they KNOW will die in the Senate.
