House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) (C) speaks during a brief press conference with (L-R) Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH), Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) after the weekly House GOP caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol June 6, 2012 in Washington, DC. The House Republican leaders said that letting the Bush tax cuts for the wealthest Americans expire would be  harmful for the economy and proposed the cuts be extended for a year so Congress could reform the tax code.
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