It took an independent senator to finally stand up for the middle class and the poor. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont), vowed Monday night to filibuster to block passage of the compromise tax-cut package reached between President Obama and GOP congressional leaders.

And Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Illinois) might very well join him.

“I think for a Democratic president, a Democratic House, and a Democratic Senate to be following the Bush economic philosophy of tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires is absolutely wrong public policy and absolutely wrong politically,” Sanders said in an interview on MSNBC. “I’ve got to tell you, I will do whatever I can to see that 60 votes are not acquired to pass this piece of legislation.”

“How can we rationalize tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans when were facing this kind of a deficit?” Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) said in an interview with NPR Monday night. “There is a group [of Democrats] that may walk. Let’s say at some point, ‘You’ve gone too far.’ ”

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