CongressNow: Hill Democrats See Target in McCain Tax Plan

Extension of Bush’s Tax Cuts at Issue

• By Jay Heflin
• CongressNow Staff
• Sept. 3, 2008, Midnight

If Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) wins the White House this fall, one of his biggest challenges when facing a Democratic Congress will be advancing his multitrillion dollar tax plan. Democrats label McCain’s tax proposals as an extension of the Bush administration’s policies — something that the likely enlarged Democratic majority is expected to fight aggressively.