House leadership has made clear they will take up legislation to extend the current tax rates and other policies through 2013, combined with expedited procedures for tax reform to be enacted in 2013.

This one-two punch is designed to address two challenges facing policymakers today. The first is the tax component of the “fiscal cliff” we face at the end of the year. The pending expiration of the lower rates on wages, business income, and investment income is having a tangible, negative impact on investment and job creation right now and, left unchecked, threatens to push the economy back into recession. …

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