Tax Cut Deal

Sam Stein

Democrats To Launch Full-Throated Payroll Tax Cut Extension Campaign

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.24.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Setting the stage for a more aggressive posture on taxes and jobs, the Democratic National Committee is launching a campaign to pressure...

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Tax Cut Compromise Should Boost The Economy, Analysts Say

AP | PAUL WISEMAN and JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The tax deal struck by President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans essentially gives Americans a pay raise – pumping...

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Obama's Story

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Hoyt Hilsman

Creative writers and artists who spend their lives crafting narratives have long understood that we do not so much create a story as discover it. As President Obama demonstrated over the last month, the narrative of politics is not very different.

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A Presidential Rebound?

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rick Horowitz

So here's what we know: The president's job-approval rating is back up again, higher than it's been in months. And here's what we don't know: Why?

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America's Political Class Struggle

Jeffrey Sachs | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jeffrey Sachs

America is on a collision course with itself. The tax cut deal is being hailed as the start of a new bipartisan consensus. I believe, instead, that it is a false truce in what will become a pitched battle for the soul of American politics.

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Ad By Conservative Group: Santa Claus To Put Coal In Congress's Stocking Over Tax Cut Deal (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Fiscal conservative group Bankrupting America is out with a new web video, invoking Santa Claus and his North Pole enterprise to attack the recently s...

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Larry David: Thanks For The Tax Cut!

New York Times | LARRY DAVID | Posted 05.25.2011

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There is a God! It passed! The Bush tax cuts have been extended two years for the upper bracketeers, of which I am a proud member, thank you very much...

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John Boehner Strikes Back Against Sarah Palin

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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Future Speaker of the House John Boehner offered a rebuttal to Sarah Palin's earlier condemnation of the $858 billion tax cut legislation on Friday. T...

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WATCH: Howard Fineman Tells Chris Matthews What The Tax Deal Symbolizes For Obama

Huff TV | Posted 05.25.2011

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Howard Fineman appeared on "Hardball" Friday evening to discuss Obama's signing of the deal which will extend Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthy for tw...

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Obama Signs Tax Cut Bill: 'Good For American People'

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama signed into law a huge, holiday-season tax bill extending cuts for all Americans on Friday, saluting a new s...

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Peter S. Goodman

Tax Cuts For The Rich, Scraps For The Jobless

HuffingtonPost.com | Peter S. Goodman | Posted 05.25.2011

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The grotesque deal to extend the grotesque tax cuts for the wealthiest of the wealthy has rendered unmistakable something that should already have bee...

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Sarah Palin Goes After Obama On National TV

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin appeared on ABC News's "Good Morning America" for an exclusive interview Friday, in which she went on the offensive...

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Anthony Weiner Rips Tax Cut Deal

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — A prominent Democratic opponent of the tax cut package passed by Congress says Republicans got the better of President Barack Obama...

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House Passes Obama-GOP Tax Cut Deal

Posted 05.25.2011

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The House of Representatives has passed the Obama-GOP tax cut deal on a 277-148 vote, sending the bill to the president. UPDATE: Latest here:...

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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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Mark Blumenthal

POLLS: Compromise? Only If You're On The Other Side

HuffingtonPost.com | Mark Blumenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

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A flurry of polls conducted last month found more Americans urging their political leadership to compromise to get things done. So are leaders who vot...

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It's Another Ho-Ho-Horowitz Christmas!

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rick Horowitz

You'd better sit still, You'd better not flee, You'd better just chill -- Don't shoot the TV! Bristol Palin's dancing with stars... She's missing t...

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Elise Foley

Tax Cut Deal Stalls Temporarily In House

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 05.25.2011

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UPDATE: The House of Representatives is slated to vote near midnight Thursday on the bill to preserve extended unemployment benefits and tax cuts for ...

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House Pulls Tax Cut Bill After Snafu

CNN | Posted 05.25.2011

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However, a procedural snafu delayed consideration of the measure, as Democratic leaders held it back over concerns they lacked support on how the deba...

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Tax Cut Deal Creates 2012 GOP Presidential Proxy Battle

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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While sitting legislators continue to fuss over a tax cut deal that looks headed for completion after passing overwhelmingly in the Senate this week, ...

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Top House Republican Criticizes Tax Cut Deal

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Republican congressman Mike Pence says he won't vote for the massive tax cut package coming before the House on Thursday, because h...

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Walmart Marks Up Toy Prices for the Holiday Season

Paul Snyder | Posted 05.25.2011

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Paul Snyder

Americans freshly reminded of the founding family's $86.8 billion fortune may see this more like a penalty for late shoppers.

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Raul Grijalva: Tax Cut Deal Likely To Pass House

The Plum Line | Posted 05.25.2011

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In another sign that Obama's tax cut deal seems likely to pass into law over liberal opposition, a top House progressive who opposes the compromise co...

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Senate Passes Obama-GOP Tax Cut Deal

Posted 05.25.2011

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(AP) WASHINGTON — The Senate Wednesday overwhelmingly passed a sweeping tax package that would save millions of Americans thousands of dollars i...

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