By voice vote in a closed caucus meeting, Democrats passed a resolution saying the tax package should not come to the House floor for consideration as written, even though no formal House bill has been drafted. Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., introduced the resolution.
Said Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas: "If it's take it or leave it, we'll leave it."
The vote will at least temporarily stall what had seemed to be a grudging Democratic movement toward the tax package.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in a statement that House Democrats share Obama's "commitment to providing the middle class with a tax cut to grow the economy and create jobs." She noted that a House-passed bill, which Republicans blocked in the Senate, did not include "a bonus tax cut to millionaires and billionaires."
"We will continue discussions with the president and our Democratic and Republican colleagues in the days ahead to improve the proposal before it comes to the House floor for a vote," the California Democrat said.
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great they just keep failing the American citizen.
The spokesperson for Obama said on verizon news late today that the tax deal between the Republicans and Obama is going to happen, regardless of Democratic noise being made.
Good. No Tax breaks for the wealthy Americans.
Hopefully this deal will only be short term and the pols. will grow a pair and make the correct decisions to get us back on track: let the taxes for the rich revert back to Clinton days, end net tax returns for those who don't pay income tax, cut off unemployment benefits, and continue investments in education/job training.
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