House GOP rejects 2-month payroll tax cut (AP)

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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111221/ap_on_go_co/us_congress_payroll_tax"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111220/capt.a3a38fc8334e4e63998aa43f6bb16ee7-a3a38fc8334e4e63998aa43f6bb16ee7-0.jpg?x=130&y=71&q=85&sig=Ni4M3h2VoZ56nQOAdWNCdQ--" align="left" height="71" width="130" alt="The U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011. Partisan to the core, Congress careened toward a holiday-season standoff on legislation to prevent a Social Security payroll tax increase for 160 million workers on Jan. 1. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)" border="0" /></a>AP - Congress lurched toward Grinch-like gridlock on Tuesday as the Republican-controlled House rejected a two-month extension of Social Security tax cuts that President Barack Obama said was "the only viable way" to prevent a drop in take-home pay for 160 million workers on Jan. 1.</p><br clear="all"/>

 

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