Rep. Gary Ackerman, D-New York, explains to American Morning's John Roberts why he and other fellow Democrats opposed the tax plan presented by President Obama and Republicans.
Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn. and founder of the Tea Party Caucus in the House of Representatives, joins American Morning's John Roberts and Kiran Chetry to explain her opposition to the Tax Deal Compromise.
Yesterday, Democrats in the House of Representatives rejected a 900 billion dollar tax plan that President Obama negotiated with Republicans.
Wondering what exactly is in the tax plan?
Chrystia Freeland, global editor-at-large with Reuters, joins American Morning's John Roberts and Kiran Chetry to break down the plan.
(CNN) - President Barack Obama vigorously defended his agreement with Republicans to extend all of the Bush-era tax cuts on Tuesday, arguing that it was a price that had to be paid to spare the middle class from crippling tax hikes. The president promised disheartened Democrats that the fight over the cuts for the highest-income Americans would continue over the next two years. He also urged them to take a long-term view of the bitter policy fights now taking place in Washington.
Today on American Morning, President Obama's senior adviser David Axelrod responds to Democrats upset over the agreement, and how the decision affects Obama politically.
Notably, Axelrod tells AM's John Roberts, “I say the people who are going to get screwed [… ] are the American people if we don’t act to prevent their taxes from going up January 1.”
For more, watch the full interview:
Obama and Congressional Democrats were talking a lot over the weekend about whether to extend the Bush tax cuts for America’s highest earners. Much of the discussion is over the budget and deficit, but New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof says they’re missing something.
Kristof joined Kiran Chetry this morning to talk about what he says the leaders aren’t talking about—the gap between the rich and the poor.
He explains why it’s a crucial part of the discussion.
For more, check out his column from this Sunday's Times.