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playing chicken with the fiscal cliff. today the senate appeared to take action on extending the bush era tax cuts. appeared being the key word. senate majority leader announced he would not philly buster. he allowed a straight up or down majority wins vote. the republican plan, extend the tax cuts for everyone, and president obama s plan extend it for 98% of americans. that s households making 250,000 a year. why would the senator do such a thing? the only way to force people to take a stand is to make sure that today s votes truly count. by setting these votes at a 50-vote threshold, nobody on the other side can hide behind a procedural vote while leaving their views on the actual bill itself a mystery. a simple mystery to the people who sent them here. and tonight, we now know where everyone stands. the democrats bill narrowly passed 51-48. with two democrats opposing. the republicans plan failed. and just to give you an idea of how big democrats thought the vot ....

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