Pelosi Parts With Obama Over Bush Tax Cuts

Huffington Post by Ryan Grim | Jan. 8, 2009 (News Report)

Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters Thursday that she wants to see the Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthy repealed "as early as possible."

The call for repeal may place Pelosi at odds with President-elect Obama; during the campaign he called for repeal but his aides have since indicated that due to the deteriorating economy, he was leaning towards allowing them to expire. Full Story »

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 by Dwight Rousu - Jan. 8, 2009

This is an interesting early tone of relationships between the congress and the executive branch. Brief, without very expansive information.

I am happy to find one of those few times I can agree with Pelosi. Also, the Democratic congress should be independent of the details recommended by the executive branch, and avoid the bad government exhibited by the Republicans when congress marched in lock step under executive command.

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