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House approves GOP plan to maintain tax rates for all after defeating Dem plan | Fox News
Well, there are at least 19 sensible Democrats in the House. Who'd have thought?
Well, there are at least 19 sensible Democrats in the House. Who'd have thought?
The House approved the Republican plan Wednesday to extend all the Bush-era tax rates for a year, in another vote that served to put lawmakers on record over the issue but did not appear to bring Congress any closer to a deal.
The GOP plan was approved on a 256-171 vote. Only one Republican, Rep. Timothy Johnson of Illinois, voted against the plan, while 19 Democrats voted to approve.
Obama is on the campaign trail, touting the Democrats' plan as the only responsible route for extending the Bush-era rates. But he is not meeting with congressional leaders about how the two sides might iron out their differences and strike a compromise package.
"Two years ago the Democrats controlled everything in Washington. The same question stood before Congress," said GOP Whip Kevin McCarthy of California on Wednesday. At that time 139 Democrats voted to ... stop a tax increase."