The Audacity© of punting Bush Tax Cuts For Have-Mores© to the 112th Congress. CAN we? Yes we CAN©.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/12/tax-cut-package-perish-stalemate/

WASHINGTON – As the White House scrambles to pass a bipartisan tax deal through Congress, seemingly irresolvable issues between the House and Senate suggest the high-profile measure may wind up dead for the remainder of the year.

House Democrats on Thursday gave a vote no confidence in the deal President Barack Obama struck with the Republican leadership. Specifically, Democratic staffers say that the extension of the Bush tax cuts for the top 2-3 percent of income earners is a nonstarter in the House.

"If the current framework makes its way into a bill into the House, the Democratic caucus and Speaker Pelosi will not let it come up for a vote," one House Democratic aide told Raw Story.

Pelosi said in a statement after Thursday’s vote that House Democrats are committed to passing middle class tax cut relief the "tax cut for the top 3 percent does not create jobs and increases the deficit."

This poses an apparent stalemate for the Obama administration, because the high-end tax cuts are a top GOP priority, and Senate Republicans are likely to successfully filibuster a plan that excludes them.

"The House has already sent over a version of its tax cut plan to the Senate, where it’s also dead on arrival," the aide added. "So, short of scrapping the plan and making a new one, this whole thing will probably get punted 112th Congress."