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host: good morning. a very interesting day yesterday. the house and senate voting to extend the tax cuts the bush tax cuts until 2012. we will talk about the tax cut passes, the spending bill fails. here are the phone lines on the screen. the stick a look at the headlines this morning. all across the country let s take a look at the headlines this morning. and all across the country you can see how the theme. the denver post house passes a tax package. orange county register obama wins on tax deal. as we get ready for your phone calls we have russell berman online, congressional reporter from the hill. 1/2 mr. berman, thanks for being with us. guest: thanks for having me. host: you write that in the end only one democratic leadership, steny hoyer, supported the bill. talk about how the members of the house approached this and what it was like for them. guest: he was deeply angered at house democrats because he thought the they pitched too early and got a bad deal.