The Senate is all but certain to pass the big tax deal reached between President Obama and Republican leaders, but the deal's future in the House is shakier. While Democrats opposed to the package appear resigned to its passage, anti-deal Republicans are getting increasingly vocal: Mitt Romney, Sarah Palin, Rush Limbaugh, and the Tea Party Patriots, among others, say the agreement delivers "short-term economic stimulus" — which could help Obama get reelected — without really addressing the country's long-term needs. Will House Republicans take note and scuttle the bill? (Watch a Fox Business report about the opposition)
Romney makes this a real fight: Some Republicans were already restless about the compromise, says Jon Ward in The Daily Caller. Now "Romney's bombshell" announcement opposing the deal gives their concerns an air of "serious and substantive conservative thinking," and could easily "spur broader opposition" among Republicans in Congress. It wouldn't take many defections to sink the bill, either.
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