Facing increasing pressure from Senate Republicans and the White House to pass the tax cut compromise bill unchanged, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer today suggested strongly that the urgency of preventing middle-income tax increases on January 1 will keep the White House’s framework in tact. However, unhappy House Democrats will have a chance to go on the record in support of making changes to the package, though Democratic leadership won’t be doing much to help those changes along.
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