Coralville Courier Editor's Note: This so-called deal doesn't fix anything, it's a disservice to the American people. Raising taxes on the wealthy doesn't address the out-of-control spending. Mike Thayer, Sick of Spin, THE Coralville Courier
The House of Representatives late Tuesday easily approved emergency bipartisan legislation sparing all but a sliver of America’s richest from sharp income tax hikes -- while setting up another “fiscal cliff” confrontation in a matter of weeks.
Lawmakers voted 257-167 to send the compromise to President Barack Obama to sign into law. Eighty-five Republicans and 172 Democrats backed the bill, which had sailed through the Senate by a lopsided 89-8 margin shortly after 2 a.m. Opposition comprised 151 Republicans and 16 Democrats.
via news.yahoo.com
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