Keeping Tax Cuts for the Middle Class

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Keeping Tax Cuts for the Middle Class

President Obama is pushing hard to keep tax cuts in place for 98 percent of American families next year. Yesterday, the Senate voted to do just that. In his remarks last night at the National Urban League, the President called on the House to do the same to help the middle class:

They should not be holding middle-class tax cuts hostage just to get more tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires. At a time when so many people who have a job can barely keep up with their bills, we don’t need another trillion-dollar tax cut for folks like me. We need tax cuts for working Americans, not for folks who don't need it and weren't even asking for it.

Read President Obama’s full speech to the National Urban League.

President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the Urban League Convention at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, La., July 25, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

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Today's Schedule

All times are Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).

11:00 AM: The President and the Vice President receive the Presidential Daily Briefing

11:30 AM: The President meets with Secretary Shinseki

12:30 PM: Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jay Carney [*]

12:30 PM: The President and the Vice President meet for lunch

2:10 PM: The President holds a Cabinet Meeting

4:45 PM: The President and the Vice President meet with Secretary Panetta

[*] Indicates that the event will be live-streamed at WhiteHouse.gov/Live

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