"Just a few hours ago, the Senate moved forward a bill that we had promoted to keep middle-class tax cuts for 98 percent of Americans next year.
I will add that we didnt get a lot of Republican votes -- but thats okay, theyve got time. We passed it through the Senate and now is the time for the House to do the same. They should not be holding middle-class tax cuts hostage just to get more tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires.
At a time when so many people who have a job can barely keep up with their bills, we dont need another trillion-dollar tax cut for folks like me. We need tax cuts for working Americans, not for folks who don't need it and werent even asking for it.~Barack Obama