House Republicans today, in addition to voting on Speaker John Boehner's (R-OH) so-called "Plan B" — which extends the Bush tax cuts on income up to $1 million — will also vote on a bill to replace the spending cuts scheduled for the end of the year.
— Denying the Child Tax Credit to the parents of American children, if the parents are undocumented immigrants.
The inclusion of these cuts is ostensibly to placate House Republicans upset at Boehner for advancing "Plan B," which does nothing on the spending side of the federal government's ledger. Plan B already includes provisions that will cut taxes for some of the wealthiest Americans while raising them for low- and middle-income families.