No. I know things are otherwise. There's a difference.
This is the letter, written in December of 2010 (the end of the period I'm discussing in case you've wandered off the point) to focus Obama's lame ducks on critical fiscal issues instead of various last-minute Democratic wet dreams like Don't Ask, Don't Tell, the DREAM Act, and others.
Later, thirteen Senate Democrats came on board against the tax hikes, and Obama and the other Democrats caved.
Eventually, the tax cut extensions passed the Senate 81 to 19, and then the Democratically-controlled House 277 to 148.