White House Issues Veto Threat On Bush Tax Cuts

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The White House Office of Management and Budget issued a veto threat late Tuesday night on a House GOP bill that would extend all of the Bush tax cuts:

The Administration strongly opposes House passage of H.R. 8, which would add to the deficit by extending unaffordable and unneeded tax cuts for the highest-income households, while raising taxes by an average of $1,000 on 25 million working families.  H.R. 8 would hurt the economy both by increasing the long-term deficit and also by taking money out of the pockets of the families most likely to spend it in the near term.

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