 ccrp poll fiscal cliff bill passage  you can now comment on stories and polls let us know how you feel about the issues new poll overview congress has averted the fiscal cliff at least temporarily the deal will 1 extend tax cuts for individuals making less than 400000 and couples making less than 450000 2 raise the top rate on estate taxes and capital gains 3 extend unemployment benefits for one year 4 block a 27 percent cut in medicare payments to doctors 5 delay for two months the acrosstheboard spending cuts known as the sequester 6 will add roughly 4 trillion to the deficit 7 the bill has 15 billion in spending cuts while increasing tax revenues by 620 billion mdash a 411 ratio of tax increases to spending cuts five of michigan s gop congressmen voted for it including dan benishek dave camp candice miller mike rogers fred upton three of michigan s gop congressmen voted against passage of the bil including justin amash bill huizenga tim walberg speaker john boehner and vice presidential candidate paul ryan also voted for the bill new poll question is the fiscal cliff deal a deal you would have agreed to and is it time for a new speaker of the house yes speaker boehner should remain as speaker of the house yes but we need a new speaker of the house no speaker boehner needs to be replaced no speaker boehner should remain as speaker of the house undecided to vote in this poll click on this link is the fiscal cliff deal a deal you would have agreed to and is it time for a new speaker of the house   to enter your comments click on add new comment after you vote previous poll question if congress and the president cause the us to go over the fiscal cliff whose fault will it be 48 president obama rsquo s fault 0 the senate rsquo s democrat rsquo s fault reid mcconnell 0 the house republican rsquo s fault speaker boehner 15 the house tea party republican rsquo s fault 37 all of their faults 0 undecided there were no comments submitted   2012 all emails addresses  