Opinion

Meckler and Martin: Establishment in Both Parties Has Lost Its Way

By Mark Meckler and Jenny Beth Martin
Special to Roll Call
Dec. 17, 2010, 12:17 p.m.

As the Republican “old guard” lines up to defend President Barack Obama’s “tax compromise” deal, partisans on both sides of the aisle are decorating the bill with Christmas tree provisions that look suspiciously like discredited earmarks.

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December 15, 2010

Speaker-designate John Boehner leaves a closed-door meeting of the House Republican Conference on Dec. 15. The House is expected to vote Dec. 16 on a tax cut extension passed by the Senate the previous day.

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