Hoyer says House Dems will only vote on middle class tax cuts

Greg Sargent at the Plum Line:

Steny Hoyer, the number two in the House Dem leadership, told Democrats at a caucus meeting this morning that they would get to vote this year on just extending the Bush tax cuts for the middle class, a senior Dem aide tells me, signaling support for a confrontational move towards the GOP that liberals have been pushing.

Asked if Democrats would definitely get a chance to hold this vote, the senior aide responded: "Definitely."

And a GOP congressman admits that the Bush tax cuts didn't work.