Durbin Pushes for a Bush Era Tax cut Vote - Democrats are Upset

The Bush-Era tax law is scheduled to be renewed by Congress shortly, but not without a fight by key Democratic opponents who oppose the Presidents decision to support the tax cuts. One provision within the bill to get renewed is the estate tax provision that they belive is very benificial to the wealthy. This may be so, but the Presidents concern here is for the poor and middle class who despirately need the renewal of unemployment benefits that would be provided if the bush era tax cuts are renewed. Key Democrats appear to be greedy for their own cause, and the President is disollusioned about the lack of support from his own party. Nevertheless, the bill will reach a vote very soon in Congress and should pass without incident. The Senate majority Whip Dick Durbin claims that the bill to get passed "will need Republican support" that has been negotiated by President Obama with the Republicans. Most likely, it will pass with ease in the House, but may tumble in the Senate. Even Senate majority Leader Harry Reid, has been trying to convince his own side in the Senate to support the President with an issue that is very popular amongst Republicans.
In the end, the Republicans most likely will get their tax cuts for the wealthy, but the President is only doing so in a sense of duress, because if he did not support the bill, most likely the vote for the Bush-Era tax cuts would not come back again until January, after unemployment benefits expire. If the president waited on the decision, he would have been blamed for the expired unemployment benefits, and most likely, especially after the Republican House took control in January, the bill would pass anyway. It will be very unlikely if the President would get the Republicans to support his liberal ideas in the future, but at least it shows now that he is willing to compromise before he technically has to, so it will be interesting to see if the Republicans do what is best for the country after they gain the majority in the house.
If they consistantly support only conservative ideas, and not what is best for the citizens of the United States, then President Obama will surely veto future bills, and the Congress will have a very difficult time in creating legislation.