Understanding Congress' payroll tax cut fight (AP)

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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111222/ap_on_go_co/us_congress_payroll_tax_q_a"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111221/capt.b24ec5ead7c44bf7b18e19c66f526cf3-87e1f217647249b2bd345a4cc4907a6d-0.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=N6wH88jfe0B2LjiU7XoeeQ--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="In this Dec. 20, 2011, photo, House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio walks off the floor of the House chamber in Washington. If President Barack Obama, the House and the Senate all want to extend a Social Security payroll tax cut and jobless benefits through next year, why are they fighting so bitterly over doing it? Obama, House Democrats and lopsided majorities of both parties in the Senate want to immediately renew the tax cut and jobless benefits for the next two months, and find a way later to extend them through 2012. House Republicans want to do it for a full year right away. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)" border="0" /></a>AP - If President Barack Obama, the House and the Senate all want to extend a Social Security payroll tax cut and jobless benefits through next year, why are they fighting so bitterly over doing it?</p><br clear="all"/>

 

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