Plan B didnt include that spending and it cuts taxes even more than this Senate bill did.
But no, the ‘dont pass nuthin into law’ crowd rejected that plan B (joining Pelosi yet) resulting in a much crappier deal’ So what did they win us?
I noticed none of them ran for Speaker either
The other way to look at it is, the taxes on income over $400K went up automatically per the extension law passed in late 2010, so this bill did not raise them as it left them as if it was never passed. It did nothing to those rates.
Plan B had absolutely no chance of passing the Senate. Reid said he wouldn’t even schedule it for a vote. It was DOA. The House had already passed bills covering the extension of the Bush era tax rates and an alternative to sequestration. The Senate just ignored them.