The Hill News

Let's not overlook who is doing the dirty work here, and getting it done. President Obama is sending Vice President Biden into the trenches to try and sell the tax-cut deal to angry Democrats. Tuesday he got a lashing from Senate Democrats over the plan and Wednesday night he faced two hours of loud opposition from House Democrats.

And Biden wasn't even allowed to throw in some goodies to bring it over the finish line: "This is the deal. Take it or leave it," was what Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) reported Biden saying at the House meeting, according to The Washington Post.

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