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Obama Pushes Middle Class Tax Cut Extension

Clip: 7/9/2012 | 8m 52s

Obama Pushes Middle Class Tax Cut Extension

President Obama asked Congress Monday to extend for another year the Bush-era tax cut for middle class Americans, but presidential candidate Mitt Romney said the White House plan doesn't go far enough. NewsHour Political Editor Christina Bellantoni and Stuart Rothenberg of the Rothenberg Political Report discuss the latest.

07/09/2012

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