others drew a line. in fact. that s the same 40, 50 chuckle heads all year starting with hr 1 has screwed this place up. he has done everything in his power to make nice with them to bring them along and make them feel included. it hasn t mattered. i don t fault him. he does his best. raises taxes on any one isn t right to me. they are cutting spending that s what the problem is. republicans were able to pass a bill that protected the pentagon from the fiscal cliff cut. as far as the automatic across the board tax hikes are concerned that are part of the fiscal cliff it is now up to senate democrats. here s his statement the house has already passed legislation to stop all of the january 1st tax rate increases and replaces sec quest tore with responsibility spending cuts