奥巴马和共和党人同意将上述减税政策延长至少两年（现在看来两年后继续延长的可能性极大 ） ， 也因此造成今年税收收入降低3500亿美元，且2012年还会进一步降低。
Obama and the Republicans agreed to continue those tax cuts for at least two years (they will now probably continue beyond that), thereby lowering tax revenue by $350 billion this year and again in 2012.