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Everyone in D.C. agree's the tax should be extended for the full year. Arguements aside if this is good, everyone has agreed it shoul dbe done. Rather than doing the work to do it, they decided they would rather go on vacation. This should make everyone mad. They've known for a long time the cuts end and a decision had to be made. They had plenty of time to have addressed it.
Once again they decided to not do the hard work. Boehner was right that the 2 month deal was a failure on the part of D.C. but he was stupid for not willing to stand up for that position.
Gonna take a little issue with you. As I have noted, from Obama's view, this is not just about extending these. Its about getting the extension WITH a concurrent tax increase on the rich, so that he has fed the beast he is creating that is class-envy. As I have said, I believe he first wants this to pinch the American people, where he has maneuvered the GOP into taking the blame for "protecting the rich". The last thing Obama wants is an extension where the funding comes from such as the sale if drilling permits, or oil royalties, from Federal Land, for instance
Dems saw that they had lost their political edge on this in the Senate. So they needed a do-over. As others have noted, the Senate GOP was fine cause they wanted to go home, and don't have much of a dog in this hunt right now. House GOP needed the demonstration before they left town. We got a big fight coming in February.