The House voted to pass the tax cut compromise 277-148 and send it to the White House. Earlier, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer explained why the rich, which included himself, didn't need a tax cut and how it would not help the economy. A vote on an alternative package with a higher estate tax failed on a 194-233 vote.
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