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Obama Takes Liberal Heat for His Tax-Cut Compromise

President Barack Obama has cut a deal with Republicans to extend Bush-era tax cuts for two years and unemployment benefits for 13 months. But the plan is already drawing fire from Obama's own liberal supporters.

Americans Deeply Divided Over Tax-Cut Extensions

While most people support extending at least some of the George W. Bush-era tax cuts due to expire this year, a new Gallup/USA Today survey finds that Americans are deeply divided on which cuts should continue -- and for how long.