Congressman Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) said he believes there will be a deal to avert the fiscal cliff, although it will be smaller than the grand bargain originally proposed.
“I think it’s going to be very, very difficult, particularly after Boehner’s Plan B failed,” Cummings said on Jansing & Co.
The Maryland Congressman said Boehner’s being “controlled by the right-wing” of his party, although he’s a “good man.” But the failure of “Plan B” made clear that he doesn’t have control of his caucus. “Basically what it showed is, the Republican tea party folks, that they would not vote for any type of tax cut,” Cummings said.
The president appears to be pushing a deal to extend tax cuts for incomes under $250,000 dollars, to extend unemployment benefits and put off some of the automatic cuts.
Cummings clarified, saying even people making over $250,000 would still get a tax break on that first $250,000 of income.
But when it was suggested that both sides needed to give more to comprise, Cummings shot back.








