House Passes Fiscal Cliff Bill
257-167 with 85 Republicans voting in favor
The House late Tuesday gave final approval to a Senate-backed bill that will let taxes rise for the richest Americans, shield the middle class from tax hikes and extend emergency unemployment benefits, ending Washington's long drama over the "fiscal cliff."
The dramatic vote followed a wild day in which the critical measure was assumed for several hours to be headed for defeat because of widespread Republican objections. The vote was 257 to 167, with 85 Republicans joining with nearly all of the chambers Democrats.
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“House Passes Fiscal Cliff Bill”
Corrected: “House admits to a lack of one speck of ethics”
Team Purple passes what people want to see on the morning news.
F Paul Ryan. F John Boehner. F the President. F Harry Reid. F Nancy Pelosi. These f’ing thieves. One Tunisian opposing fascism in a very public way – that’s all it took. What’s it going to take here? Had enough of this f’ing corruption yet???
shield the middle class from tax hikes and extend emergency unemployment benefits, ending Washington’s long drama over the “fiscal cliff.
I think the Republicans just committed suicide. Good.
What about the sequestration?