Obama Tax Cut Deal

Boehner Expresses Regrets Over Payroll Tax Cut Fight

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 01.18.2012

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Speaker of the House John Boehner admitted Wednesday that his strategy in last year's fight over extending the payroll tax cut was mistaken. "We we...

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Major Dem Donors Plan To Withhold Funds Over Obama Tax-Cut Deal

Los Angeles Times | Matea Gold | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Obama's advisors are confident that liberals dismayed by his agreement to extend tax breaks for the wealthy will forgive him by the time the...

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Obama-GOP Deal Exempts Over 40,000 Millionaires From Estate Tax

AP | STEPHEN OHLEMACHER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — More than 40,000 estates worth $1 million to $10 million would be expected to escape inheritance taxes next year under the deal str...

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Tax Cut Bill Signed By Obama Packed With Obscure Stocking Stuffers For Businesses

AP | STEPHEN OHLEMACHER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The massive new tax bill signed into law by President Barack Obama is filled with all kinds of holiday stocking stuffers for busine...

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Obama-GOP Tax Cut Deal Doesn't Mean Future Accords

AP | ALAN FRAM | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and congressional leaders are congratulating themselves for their bipartisan tax-cut compromise, hoping to b...

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Obama Reaches Out To Base Amid New Tension

The Washington Post | Peter Wallsten | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the wake of President Obama's tax-cut deal with Republicans, the White House is moving quickly to mend its strained relationship with the Democrati...

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Why Is Obama Leaving The Grass Roots On The Sidelines?

The Washington Post | Sam Graham-Felsen | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the wake of President Obama's deal to extend the Bush tax cuts to the wealthiest Americans, pundits have focused on how Obama has alienated the lef...

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Arthur Delaney

Key Dem: Tax Deal Goes Against 'Core Democratic Values'

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

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A Democratic member of Congress who opposes President Obama's tax cut deal with congressional Republicans says the deal is fundamentally unfair becaus...

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WATCH: Roy Sekoff Says Obama 'Just Not That Into' Tax Cuts For The Rich

Huff TV | Posted 05.25.2011

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Roy Sekoff appeared on "The Ed Show" Thursday night to discuss the reasoning behind Obama's willingness to extend the Bush-era tax cuts to the richest...

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Sam Stein

Barney Frank: Tax Deal Will Pass As Is Because 'Cutting Taxes Is Always Popular'

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- House Democratic leaders and prominent party members have grown resigned to the fact that, despite their howls of discontent, the tax de...

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House Tax Cut Vote Set To Go Down On White House-GOP Proposal

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Acting with uncommon speed, Congress moved toward final passage Thursday night of sweeping, bipartisan legislation to avoid a Jan. ...

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Mark Blumenthal

Tax Deal Polls: Reactions To A Bipartisan Deal

HuffingtonPost.com | Mark Blumenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

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My colleague Jason Linkins is justifiably baffled by the recent wave of polling on the tax-cut-and-benefits deal cut by President Barack Obama and con...

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Ryan Grim

Tax Cuts For Rich Move Forward In Senate

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Monday voted to move forward on a a two-year extension of the Bush tax cuts as well as a package of tax cuts and credits f...

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Tax Cute Vote: Senate Advances Obama-GOP Deal Toward Final Approval

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Legislation to avert a Jan. 1 increase in income tax rates has gained 60 votes in the Senate, the level needed to advance toward a fina...

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Tea Party Ramps Up Efforts Against Obama-GOP Tax Cut Deal

The Hill | Michael O'Brien | Posted 05.25.2011

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Conservatives aligned with the Tea Party ramped up pressure Monday on Republicans to vote down the tax deal before Congress. ...

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WATCH: Arianna Tells 'Morning Joe' Hosts Why Tax Cut Deal Is A 'Problem'

Huff TV | Posted 05.25.2011

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Arianna appeared on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" Monday to discuss the tax cut deal and its impending vote in the Senate. Noting that the bill shows the pre...

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Democrats' Dilemma: Fall in Love or Fall in Line?

Christine Pelosi | Posted 05.25.2011

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Watching Bill Clinton help Barack Obama extend George Bush tax cuts -- it's easy to see why Democrats have cognitive dissonance. Here were two enormously popular Democratic leaders handing Republicans their "holy grail" because this is the best we can do.

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Bill Clinton Makes Surprise Appearance At Obama Briefing

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Bill Clinton implored Democrats to back the tax-cut deal that President Barack Obama negotiated with Republicans as the former pres...

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Amanda Terkel

Pelosi Won't Hold Vote On Obama-GOP Tax Deal

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is unlikely to bring up President Obama's tax cut deal to the floor for a vote in its current form...

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Sam Stein

House Democrats Reject Obama Tax Cut Deal

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ryan Grim and Arthur Delaney contributed to this report. WASHINGTON -- In a meeting on Thursday morning, the House Democratic caucus rejected the pre...

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Sam Stein

Liberal Group Uses Obama's Words Against Him In New Ad

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Even as it gets members of its party in line on the Hill, the Obama White House continues to take veritable punches from some of its mos...

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Barney Frank: I Won't Vote For Tax Cut Deal

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, announced Wednesday that he would vote against the White House's rece...

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Obama Tax Cut Plan: President Exhorts Members Of Congress To Back Deal

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Pushing a top foreign policy priority, President Barack Obama expressed confidence Wednesday the Senate would quickly ratify a U.S....

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Jason Linkins

Harry Reid Will Try To Add Online Poker Payback To Tax-Cut Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Last week, we brought you word that during this limited lame-duck session of Congress, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid decided to put his staff to w...

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Democratic Congressman Asked About Obama Primary Challenge

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rep. Joe Crowley (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday downplayed the significance that Obama's recent deal on the extension of Bush tax cuts would have on his party's ...

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