Washington DC–The House of Representatives voted 234 to 188 Thursday, December 2 2010, to permanently extend the Bush tax cuts on incomes up to $250,000. Also included in the bill were a two-year delay of the Alternative Minimum Tax, an elimination of the marriage penalty tax, and permanent increases to the child tax credit and the earned-income tax credit.
Twenty Democrats voted against the bill, and three Republican supported it.
House Democrats under the leadership of Nancy Pelosi proclaimed it a victory for the middle class.
HOOORAY! COMMON SENSE PREVAILED AND THE $250,000.00 TAX CUT FINALLY GOT PAST THE SCREAMING RICH REPULSIVE PARTY AND THEIR FAT CAT CONSTITUENTS! ANYBODY WHO MAKES MORE THAN $250,000.00 AND THINKS THEY ARE SUFFERING HARD TIMES LIKE THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE REST OF AMERICA, TO THEM I SAY, LET THEM EAT CAKE! WAY TO GO DEMS!
read this on the computer a bit ago: For the first time in nearly three decades, the House censured one of its members Thursday, voting 333 to 79 to formally punish Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) for reflecting poorly on the institution and bringing discredit to the House. Seventy-seven Democrats and two Republicans — Reps. Peter King and Don Young — voted against.
The House also voted earlier, 146 to 257, to reject a lesser punishment of reprimand for the congressman.
He was let off easy. You should provide the names of the cowards who were afraid to stand on the side of right against wrong. They deserve to be UNelected next election.
whens hillary clinton going to resign???? Assange proved DC is full of clones just like my neighbor keeps saying and my neighbor is one so he should know and since Assange is a clone (he’s a computer virus mascarading as a human) somebody ought to look under bell rock and see if A’s hiding there with bill cliinton!!!
not sure what this has to do with tax cuts but its all government black hole in congress
cool site btw and how come you dont turn your clocks back and forth arizona
Trey Klerc, Austin TEXAS
Shame on you Ches for drinking the Kool-Aid. Anyone who thinks that the majority of $250K income has anything to do with individual income is either smoking Pot under the new medicinal Pot program or has never run a business. As an owner of several businesses throughout my career, and looking at this administration who has surrounded itself with 92% of people with NO business experience it is not surprising that this crap continues to flow. What is sad is that about half of the American people, most of which are employed by small businesses, don’t get the economics. It is obvious you know nothing about business structure OR economics that drive opportunity for everyone in this country.
right on Payson so let’ s see the names & where they’re from??
about that smokin pot – way to go az for passing a bill that needed passing decades ago & thanks mike for making ches point since business pot will make state & some wealthier bcuz we can collect more taxes to balance our screwed up budget – light em up stoneheads! generate taxes!
YOU REPULSIVE PARTY LOSERS AND CRYBABIES , OWN UP AND PAY-UP, YOUR GREED HAS ALREADY COST THIS COUNTRY TRILLIONS OF DEBT! PASS THE TAX BILL, THE RICH CAN WELL AFFORD IT. WHAT DID THE TAX BREAK FOR THE RICH DO FOR THE COUNTRY THE LAST TEN YEARS EXCEPT BUILD UP DEBT? GROW UP!