Reply #14: Yup, and the DEM.-controlled Congress wouldn't pass them without the cuts for the rich.

[jenmito]

And Obama obviously felt it was more important to keep his promise to extend the tax cuts for the rest of us than to veto the bill. But with all of this ammunition he has, showing how the cuts for the rich didn't work, he will be in a strong position to veto any bill with more tax cuts for the rich.