the war is falling. and there s often a fight, not much of a fight, not a high-profile fight, in the late winter/spring time in the funding for the war. up to now it s mainly been liberal democrats in the house that have complained. because obama was their president, their commander in chief, those fights never got too passionate and didn t get a lot of media attention. i m wondering if democrats in the minority in the house, might make more of an issue. on the other side of th equation, no doubt the white house and president obama will be making a case, i ve made a promise. i m going to start some form of disengagement this coming summer. don t cut me off at the knees just yet. so that may keep things on the qt for a while longer. let me ask you about one thing the president said today i thought was important and telling about his own feelings
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.
the amendment is adopted. also, barney frank then went on to say when it passed the second time that motion was adopted too. don t ask, don t tell passed the house twice. remember when democrats led by president b promised they would toughen the disclosure rules on corporate campaign donations? on this vote, 219, yeas. 206, nays. the bill is passed. disclosure rules on corporate campaign donations passed that. when democrats campaigned on immigration reform, the dream act? on this vote, the yeas are 216. the nays are 198. the motion is adopted. yet again, the motion is adopted. the motion is adopted. the motion is adopted. the motion is adopted.
206, nays. the bill is passed. disclosure rules on corporate campaign donations passed that. when democrats campaigned on immigration reform, the dream act? on this vote, the yeas are 216. the nays are 198. the motion is adopted. yet again, the motion is adopted. the motion is adopted. the motion is adopted. the motion is adopted. all of these things have been adopted, right? all of these things have been done by nancy pelosi and democrat in the house. democrats campaigned on these things. the president pushed for them. the house got it done. then they all died. in the united states senate. one of the consequences of the big, big democrat iic victoriesn
those things were achieved and the world with congress on the verge of extending bonus tax cuts for the richest americans, even though democrats are the majority in both houses. the difference between what the house has done and what has been done overall, that s the enthusiasm gap. you re looking for it, there it is. the right turned out in the last election and the left did not turn out in the last election. that s the gap they fell into. ultimately, that s what the united states senate being broken has wrought. what the house has giveth, the senate has taketh away. with the endless obstructions and delay tactics. the margin that democrats have over republicans has been equal. things have died in the senate, not because democrats didn t have the votes. they had the votes. the senate broke. without president obama recognizing the president that is the u.s. senate and acknowledging it is a broken