TAX INCREASE AVERTED
◼ Obama Signs Extension of Bush Tax Cuts - Breitbart's Big Government
House Passes Bill Extending Bush Tax Cuts for Millions and Renewing Unemployment Aid
OMNIBUS SPENDING BILL STOPPED
◼ Senate Dem leader drops nearly $1.3T spending bill Breitbart
Democrats controlling the Senate have abandoned a 1,924-page catchall spending measure that's laced with homestate pet projects known as earmarks
◼ McConnell: Dems Using "Christmas Break As An Inducement" To Pass Omnibus Real Clear Politics
◼ VICTORY… Harry Reid Pulls Pork-laden $1.1 Trillion Omnibus Bill (Video) - Gateway Pundit
Reid says nine Republican senators approached him today to tell him that while they would like to see the bill passed, they could not vote for it. He did not reveal the names of the nine. A top Senate source tells National Review Online that “it looks like Harry Reid buckled under the threat of Republicans reading [the bill] aloud.”
◼ Reid Punts on Omnibus Spending Bill - RedState
◼ Harry Reid Pulls The Plug On His Credibility and Power - Legal Insurrection
◼ Disgusting: Democrats yet again say bills should be passed without voting members reading them - Hillbuzz
◼ The Omnibus Bill’s ‘Hit Parade’ of Senatorial Theft - Roger L. Simon at Pajamas Media
