The Last Ditch Effort of House Dems

Because Pelosi knew she didn't have the numbers, she pushed off a vote on the expiring Bush tax cuts until after the November elections. However, she couldn't prevent some of her Democratic House members from voicing their opposition to the President's plan to extend only some of the tax savings. A group of 47 House Democrats sent her a letter today, detailing their wish to continue all of the Bush-era tax cuts and "breaking ranks" with Obama and Pelosi, as they failed to do during the health care debate. 

The letter addressed Pelosi and urged her to maintain current tax levels as, "Raising taxes...could discourage individuals and businesses from saving and investing." The letter was signed by several vulnerable freshman hoping to keep their seats in the fall. 

I hate to break it to the 47, but no amount of letter writing can undo the health care and stimulus legislation they helped enact. When they go to the polls, voters will not forget that they traded favors for votes on critically important legislation that the country did not want.