Defying President Obama and the Senate, the House voted to extend all of the Bush-era tax cuts today.
The 256-171 vote saw 19 Democrats cross party lines to vote for the measure, and one Republican — retiring Rep. Tim Johnson (R-Ill.) — voted against it.
House Republicans allowed a vote on the Obama-approved version similar to the one that passed the Senate, ending the tax cut for upper-income brackets. That failed 170-257, with 19 Democrats voting against it.
“The White House and leading Senate Democrats want to double down on these policies with massive tax increases that will hit small businesses, not to pay down the debt but to simply chase unsustainable spending increases,” House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said. “There is bipartisan opposition to this failed approach, and to provide certainty and confidence for job creators, the time to act is now.”
In 2010, 86 Democrats voted to extend all of the Bush tax cuts. Many of those were not expected to repeat that vote this time around, such as Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) and DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.).
Enough of this already. When are these politicians going to care about the people they represent. Comprehensive tax reform is what we really need. So now in six months the panic button will go off again. Quit playing games. A simple tax code that every American can understand is needed, now.
Yes! No more “temporary” tax “cuts”.
Just fix it. Get rid of the AMT. A flat tax would be best. If they insist on progressive rates, index the layers to inflation so people aren’t just getting inflated into higher brackets without any increase in real earnings.
And those 19 Democrats voted the way they did because?
It’s an election year and they are in jeopardy. Othewise they would not have.
One of those Dems was on Cavuto just prior to the vote and fill in host took him down in an epic way. I wish I had the video.
Basically, Henry Cuellar, TX-25 was pressed by Bolling about his decision to ‘side with the Republicans’ on this vote. Oh no. He wasn’t ‘siding with the Republicans, he was siding with the American people’.
Then Bolling masterfully whipped it into Cuellar’s face. ‘So how come the majority of your party are siding AGAINST the American people?’
Cuellar knew he was caught in a dilemma and so he chuckled and conceded…ON THE AIR…that he was check mated.
I want that video. It was priceless.
I admit to failure on my part. I did not proof read before posting. Shame on me.
It was Eric Bolling who took down Cuellar.
“So how come the majority of your party are siding AGAINST the American people?”
Wow, a real, live journalist lives!
Spineless Republicans take note. This is how you beat the propaganda.
“House Votes to Extend All Bush-Era Tax Cuts”
House Votes to Extend All Bush-Era Tax RATES!
There, Fixed!