WASHINGTON — Fewer Republicans are saying “no” to raising taxes on the rich. But it still may be after the nation starts sliding into the fiscal abyss before enough of them are willing to say “yes” to a tax deal with Democrats, numerous lawmakers told The Huffington Post.
In fact, the negotiations are beginning to remind some in Congress of last winter’s battle over extending the popular payroll tax cuts when Tea Party conservatives revolted at a GOP leadership proposal, only to come back and take the deal after a pounding in opinion polls.
Then, Republican lawmakers were for extending a tax cut that mostly helped the middle class. This time, they are balking at extending the Bush-era tax cuts for 98 percent of earners and hiking them for the top 2 percent.
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