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Obama signs massive tax bill, hails deal with GOP
Washington Examiner - 3 days ago
President Barack Obama has signed an $858 billion tax bill he negotiated with Republicans. He praised the new law as a boost for the Middle Class. The package extends Bush-era Tax Cuts for two years, including Tax Rates for the wealthy that Obama …
Read more >>After Tax Vote, New York Tea Partiers Fume
The New York Observer - 4 days ago
Less than two months after electing what they would hope will be an army of Deficit hawks, New York's Tea Party Activists are fuming that the current Congress approved another round Budget-busting stimulus in yesterday's deal to extend the Bush-…
Read more >>Obama Gets His Tax Deal, Reanimating Reaganomics
The Beat - 4 days agoSupply-side economics prevailed—at least politically—late Thursday, as the US House grudgingly approved President Obama's deal with congressional Republicans to extend Bush-era Tax Cuts for Billionaires, creates broad estate-tax exempt…
Read more >>Tea Party: Shut The Government Down!
Mother Jones - 4 days ago
Fri Dec. 17, 2010 3:00 AM PST — Flickr/Pak Gwei (Creative Commons). Tea Party Activists have had much be angry about in recent weeks, after discovering their success in the Midterm Elections wasn't yielding them any immediate power on Capi…
Read more >>House Passes Controversial Tax Legislation
The Two-Way - 4 days ago
What is this? The Controversial package extends long term Unemployment Benefits to jobless Americans and cuts Social Security taxes for a year. It renews some Bush-era Tax Cuts that were about to expire. AP notes the new expiration date for these …
Read more >>House Roll Call: Bill to extend tax cuts
Washington Examiner - 4 days ago
The 277-148 roll call Friday by which the House passed a bill to avoid a Jan. 1 spike in income taxes, renew jobless benefits and cut Social Security taxes. A "yes" vote is a vote to pass the measure. Voting yes were 139 Democrats and 138 Republic…
Read more >>House Roll Call: Bill to extend tax cuts
The Daily Caller - 4 days ago
The 277-148 roll call Friday by which the House passed a bill to avoid a Jan. 1 spike in income taxes, renew jobless benefits and cut Social Security taxes. A “yes” vote is a vote to pass the measure. Voting yes were 139 Democrats and …
Read more >>Congressman Jared Polis the story behind the story on the tax compromise bill
Liberal and Loving It - 4 days agoCongressman Polis was kind enough to talk to me last night and explain what was going on behind the scenes on the tax Compromise bill from the Democratic House perspective. It's a fascinating story with several parts posturing, several parts…
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