My understanding is that they used a 5-year scoring by the CBO, yet this is only a 2-year extension of the tax rates. Disengenuous labeling...from the media and democrats. Go figure.
It’s my undrstanding that $858 billion = $534B are keeping Bush tax rates the same, and the other BILLIONS go for obama and the unemployment bennies and his spending sprees called “tax cutes” like the ethanol, etc.