Obama Tax Cuts Rejected In House

Republican­s cave when Democrats hold their feet to the fire.  [When it's something that DLC-Democr­ats really want and need, Harry Reid forces Republican­s to filibuster (as per his discretion according to Senate Rule 22), AND THEY CAVE.]

Republican voters don't put their elected representatives into office to get Democratic legislation and neither do Democratic voters put their elected representatives into office to get Republican legislation.  If that was what we all wanted, we'd vote for the real thing.  Voters put their representatives into office to fight, with everything available.  Not to take tools off the table.  Not to refuse to use rules of Congress to their advantage.  And most importantly, they weren't to take an overwhelming mandate and compromise away their constituents' positions, rights and futures.

What's the compromise position on ending Bush's Obama's tax cuts?  Do Obama's 'most ardent supporters­' know that in the negotiatio­ns just a few weeks ago, Obama offered to make those tax cuts permanent?

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