the tax cut bill has not passed yet, the one that was for the first 250k got I think 56 yays, and the one that was for the first $1 million dollars got I 53 yays and 37 nays.... 10 senators did not even vote for the latter version...

I don't know if the bush tax cuts as far as extending to the full taxable income to infinity passed or did not pass. As far as I am concerned the vote only took place on the two amendments proposed, then they went to give a bunch of speeches and the senate session ended and the senate will tackle the bush tax cuts for everyone on another day. Then again I switched off from CSPAN2 after I got tired of their broken record practices. Republicans said they wanted tax cuts for the people that created jobs and they considered those people to be the ultra mega rich, and democrats said that the small business owners are the ones that create jobs and that the middle income was disappearing and it needed to pass the 250k amendment to secure it... they kept on saying this for several hours straight in a myriad of different charts and manners, but essentially the same thing over and over again. I switched I guess about a hour before it finished, and can't find anything about them voting for the bush tax cuts for everyone anywhere, so I take it they will vote on it another day.