With their eyes on next year’s elections, Sen. Harry Reid (Nev.) and Rep. Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) are working to kill the tax, putting the imprimatur of Democratic leadership onto an effort that had previously been limited to the rank and file.
Reid and Pelosi’s behind-the-scenes lobbying against the tax, which was first reported by The Hill on Friday, is reviving the five-year-old debate over the tax that pits nearly all congressional Democrats against Obama and his top economic advisers.
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