Republican Senator George Voinovich Says No Deal to Obama on Tax Cut/Unemployment Deal

Jim DeMint isn't the only Republican not ogling over Obama's compromise. Senator George Voinovich (OH) is also ready to oppose the compromise made to extend the Bush tax cuts that would increase deficit spending by at least $900 billion dollars.

Voinovich said he would vote against the proposal and called for tax rates to reset to the levels they were at in the 1990s. He said that would give Congress an incentive to take up tax reforms.

“I’m going to vote to no on everything,” Voinovich said Tuesday about the proposal to extend all tax rates by two years and federal unemployment benefits by 13 months. “I want to not extend them. I want to force us to do tax reform.”

Voinovich cited the nearly $800 billion Congress borrowed in 2009 to pay for a massive economic stimulus package. The pending tax and unemployment benefits deal, which senior administration officials say will spur job creation and economic growth, could cost as much as $900 billion.