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The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee plans to target 23 House Republicans before the House votes this week on two tax bills: A Democrat-supported bill that will extend current tax rates for households earning $250,000 per year or less, and Republican-supported measure that will extend the rates for all income earners. The new Democratic Web campaign is meant to suggest that House Republicans, who are expected to pass the measure extending all the rates, are focused on keeping taxes low for the wealthy. Here's one example of the ad that targets Illinois Rep. Bobby Schilling: In a memo sent to Democratic House candidates last week entitled "Offense on the Bush Tax Cuts: Millionaires Over The Middle Class," DCCC Chairman Steven Israel outlined how the party plans to caste Republicans in the run-up to the election. "Congressional Republicans are actually handing your campaign a major opportunity to demonstrate how you would fight for the middle class, seniors...