The White House spoken self-assurance Sunday that President Barack Obama's deal with Republicans will pass by year's end, averting a Jan. 1 add to in income taxes for nearly all Americans, even the highest earners. In a sign of fading confrontation, a Democratic leader said the lame-duck House will try to make changes, but won't block the bill.
In front of a test vote in the Senate on Monday, Obama consultant David Axelrod predicted the president's concession deal would win out despite a tougher sell in the House. Preponderance Democrats, who lose control of the House to Republicans in January, voted last week not to allow it to reach the floor devoid of changes to scale back relief for wealthy estates.
The box up also would renew a program of jobless benefits for the long-term out of work that is due to lapse within days and put in place a one-year cut in Social Security taxes.
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