TPM: House Dems Will Not Force Vote On Middle Class Tax Cuts

[dennis4868]

House Democrats won't be forcing a vote on extending the Bush tax cuts for middle class taxpayers, a senior House leadership aide tells TPM.

As we've been writing about today, Democrats are gleeful over a window of opportunity they see just in time for the midterm elections over Minority Leader John Boehner's positions on whether to make the George W. Bush tax cuts permanent for everyone but the wealthy.

That's what President Obama is pushing, and Boehner suggested Sunday he would support such a vote if that were his only option. He walked it back, but it begged the question about whether the Democrats would present such an option with a House floor vote. Will the Democrats force Boehner's hand?

A senior House leadership aide says no.

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I wonder if the repubs would force an up or down vote if the shoes were on the other foot? Oh wait a minute, I think they have done this before. This is why the dems lose elections....fucking spineless!