Prospects for U.S. tax cut bill look brighter

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"President Barack Obama's tax plan got a boost on Tuesday when a top Democrat in the House of Representatives, where the plan faces its stiffest resistance, said there were "compelling reasons" to back it.

The bullish comments from Democratic Majority Leader Steny Hoyer signaled opposition is dissipating among Democrats who believe that Obama's $858 billion tax deal, brokered with the opposition Republicans, is too generous to the wealthy."

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"The vote in the Senate indicates an urgency that is felt by a broad spectrum that the middle-income taxes not be increased come Jan. 1," Hoyer said in a briefing with reporters.

"Rarely do you see that big a number" in support of a bill, Hoyer said, also noting a swath from the very liberal to the very conservative backed it."

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN1428174920101214

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1. Steny (D-Putz) said that about the first version of the Deal, too.

He really wants to MC "Let's Make a Deal", doesn't he? Still a f-cking first-rate putz.