BREAKING NEWS: ONCE AGAIN THE GOP IS FAILING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE

Washington, D.C.-- Here’s the latest out of our nation's capital: After the Senate -- including 39 Republicans who voted for a middle class tax cut -- Tea Party Republicans in the House rebelled this weekend to kill the bill.

With a tax cut for 160 million U.S. workers set to expire in less than two weeks, Republicans and Democrats in Congress on Monday were mired in a last-ditch battle over extending it.

Now, House Republicans are scheduled to vote tonight to scrap the compromise and sock the middle class with a $1,000 tax hike on January 1st.

House Republicans initially opposed renewing the tax break, which expires on December 31, after expressing skepticism that it would boost the economy as the White House claimed. The Tea Party is mugging working families and the middle class with a tax increase because they don't think millionaires and corporations should pay their fair share.

They also want to destroy any resemblance of good governance-- and make sure they foil the President under any circumstance. The problem is-- this isn't about the President. It's about the American people and saving our economy but the GOP doesn't seem to care about the citizens they represent. They would rather stick it to the President and see working families suffer-- any progress would put Obama in a much more favorable light entering his reelection bid in 2012. Growing our economy is secondary to ousting Obama. "We the People" are just collateral damage and political pawns in their twisted game of one-upmanship. It's pathetic.

The truth is that Tea Party Republicans oppose anything and everything under the sun that might help the middle class or force their millionaire benefactors to pay their fair share.

As news reports trickled in about Republican Members of Congress facing the heat this weekend when they returned home, any progress on the tax holiday or funding unemployment insurance looks bleak. However, the GOP is known for unprincipled "noodle-boned" strategy and may cave under the weight of their constituents.

We can’t let up now. Putting additional pressure on Congress now could push them to the tipping point. The clock is ticking and we need your urgent support for this campaign to extend a tax break for working families and extend unemployment insurance benefits for tax-paying citizens who are presently out of work. Contact your representative now.

We need you to stop what you’re doing, pick up the phone and dial 1-888-245-3381. Tell the person who answers the phone: “Please pass the Senate’s bill to extend unemployment aid and middle-class tax cuts immediately.”

You can also call House Speaker John Boehner at 202-225-0600. Tell him, “ You and your Tea Party supporters can’t keep hurting the American people just so you can get what you want. Stop this temper tantrum and pass the Senate’s bipartisan bill to extend unemployment aid and middle-class tax cuts now.”