Warren turns on Democrats in tax fight

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) criticized fellow Democrats on Monday for kowtowing to past Republican tax cuts in an effort to broaden out the tax policy debate as it heats up ahead of the election.

“Look at the Bush tax cuts. Why did those cuts cost $8 trillion? Because his Democratic successor, President Obama, cut a deal with Republicans to make nearly all of Bush’s temporary cuts permanent,” Warren said Monday.

She also blasted a tax deal that sailed through the House earlier this year with wide bipartisan support...