Democrats in House Bog Down Tax Bill

In-fighting among Democrats in the House of Representatives has delayed a vote on the tax bill which passed the Senate by an overwhelming vote yesterday (December 15, 2010).

According to Deirdre Walsh, Procedural snag delays House vote on tax deal, CNN.com, Dec. 16, 2010, “[a] procedural snag forced House Democratic leaders to pull the bill from consideration over concerns they lacked support on how the debate would proceed under rules they had set. The House later went into indefinite recess as liberal Democrats seeking changes to the bill huddled with party leaders to work out a solution.”

Speaker Nancy Pelosi stated she expected a vote to occur later today.