Peterr commented on the blog post Latest on the Fiscal Cliffage
The Dems ought to vote PRESENT and force the GOP to own the deal.
If it takes Dem votes to get this passed, then the concessions made to the
GOP to get the votes they couldn’t deliver ought to go away. For starters,
bring that estate tax whopper of a giveaway back down to reasonable levels,
and follow that with rolling the upper bracket level back down to $250,000.
If the GOP can’t deliver, the GOP shouldn’t collect.