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By a 277 to 148 margin, the House just passed the tax deal that President Obama struck with Republicans, making it a signature away from becoming law. Despite a lot of huffing and puffing among House Democrats, they rejected an amendment to alter the estate tax, and a majority of them ended up voting for the deal. Overall, Democrats voted for the compromise by a 139 to 112 margin and Republicans voted for it by a 138 to 36 margin. If you would have told me in January 2009 that not only would all the Bush tax cuts be extended, but that that more Democrats than Republicans would vote to extend them, I would have said you were insane.
Here is the roll call.
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Tim*| 12.17.10 @ 8:43AM
"The big print giveth, and the fine print taketh away."
Fulton J. Sheen
Eric Cartman| 12.17.10 @ 9:33AM
Like crap through a goose.
Lullabys, Legends and Lies| 12.17.10 @ 11:57AM
139 Democrats voted for this Bill last night, "but" 112 Democrats voted against it (or was that against him?). If this was a Rasmussen poll, the President would be at +27 support within his own Party, but that's a long way from where he was back in March, when the House Democrats voted 219 for, and 34 against the healthcare Bill, giving him a +185 support from within his own Party at that time. So he's fallen a meager 158 points with his base in just fleeting nine months. He should get re-elected easily now!!