The Hill News

For all the focus on what a victory the tax-cut bill represents for President Obama and what a defeat it represents for liberal Democrats, little notice was paid to the fact that the House GOP has passed its first critical test of governing since winning back control of the House last month.
 
Despite earning the support of genuine conservatives from Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) to Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas), grandfather of the Tea Party movement, the tax-cut package was also opposed by Sarah Palin, followed quickly by Mitt Romney and groups like the Tea Party Patriots. Critics from the outside, of course, are not tasked with the responsibility of casting a vote that could rock the stock market or cost jobs should taxes rise.

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