the house, didn't the house already pass the extension of the bush tax cuts? yes. you would be correct. two weeks ago, house democrats passed a version of the tax cuts bill. that was the one favored by president obama and most democrats. remember this? >> on this vote, the yeas are 234. the nays are 188. the motion is adopted. >> the motion is adopted. the motion that house democrats passed that night was the extension of the bush tax cuts that president obama and congressional democrats campaigned on. it it was tax cuts just for income below a quarter million. the bonus tax cuts for income over a quarter million for the richest americans, those were allowed to expire. that's the what they passed. also the estate tax would return to the level it was at during the clinton administration. we've got a huge deficit problem. they only benefit rich people.