It’s been less than 24 hours since President Obama announced he’d reached agreement with Senate Republicans to temporarily extend all the Bush tax cuts, but already it’s clear that it faces an uncertain future on Capitol Hill within the President’s own party. Some Democrats criticized the plan in withering terms, and most Democrats refused to take an unequivocal position in favor of the plan.
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