Democrats react badly to Obama unemployment deal

President Obama held a press conference on Tuesday to defend the deal he struck with Republicans to extend federal unemployment benefits and the Bush tax cuts for the richest taxpayers, but Democratic lawmakers still expressed their dismay at the deal. Obama declared that the United States was “founded on compromise” and that he would not be held hostage to some “abstract ideal.” That did little to satisfy some Democrats, who criticized Obama for not pushing hard enough to win the votes for a more progressive package. Rep