The Washington Post reports that:
"The House Democratic Caucus voted Thursday to try to block the tax-cut deal that President Obama struck with Republicans, a move that does not kill the legislation but shows that its opponents are digging in.
Rank-and-file Democrats passed a nonbinding resolution, introduced by Rep. Peter A. DeFazio (D-Ore.), by voice vote that said the tax package should not come to the House floor for consideration.
And in her first explicit declaration of dissatisfaction since the tax deal was cut, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) suggested that she would not bring the package to the floor in its current form."
For now, I salute the House Democrats for standing up to the President and the GOP hostage takers. Hopefully, Democrats will not cave or crumble under pressure tomorrow. As I heard one senator say some time ago, you can sprinkle sugar on a pile of horse manure, but that does not make it a donut. No matter what Obama, Biden and Gibbs say, that appeasement deal is still a stinking pile of ish.
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