Despite a divided Republican majority, the House of Representatives late Tuesday easily approved emergency bipartisan legislation sparing all but a sliver of America’s richest from sharp income tax hikes -- while setting up another “fiscal cliff” confrontation in a matter of weeks.

Lawmakers voted 257-167 to send the compromise to President Barack Obama to sign into law. Eighty-five Republicans and 172 Democrats backed the bill, which had sailed through the Senate by a lopsided 89-8 margin shortly after 2 a.m. Opposition comprised 151 Republicans and 16 Democrats.Funny enough the Speaker voted YES in favour of the bill as against its party earlier stand.By this bill being in place 98 percent of Americans will no longer experience a hike in their tax.This leaves the remaining 2 percent that earn over a Million to tackle the issue of increase in tax.
My question is if it were to be the Nigerian National Assembly how do you think they could have handled this situation,will they have considered the masses?

Different folk behave differently. Nigeria might have a reason to vote either way.