Thread: House votes to extend tax cuts for middle class, not wealthy

Dec 02, 2010

House votes to extend tax cuts for middle class but not wealthy

04:05 PM 1

The House has passed a bill to extend tax cuts for Americans earning between $200,000 and $250,000 but not for individuals and families making more.

The 234-188 vote comes as negotiations continue to extend Bush-era tax cuts, which expire this month, to all income levels. The bill, however, will not clear the Senate, where Democrats need Republican support.

In today's House vote, 20 Democrats broke with their party to oppose excluding the wealthy from further tax relief, while three Republicans bucked their party to side with the middle-class-only extension, The Hill writes.

http://www.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/Index

What a cheezy little trick. This is the reason they were thrown out of power.

What a job creater.BRILLIANT!

This is just insane, The country is at these imbeciles mercy.
God help us.
What the hell?
Divide and conquer lame freakin ducks NOW

My hope is that the new congress will re-address this issue after they take office. A new bill could be passed to keep the cuts retroactively.