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Congress Nears Deal On Payroll Tax Cut, Unemployment Extension

HuffingtonPost.com | Luke Johnson | Posted 02.14.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Congress was close to a deal to extend a popular payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits, according to several reports. The pending...

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Inside The Payroll Tax Cut Bill

AP | By The Associated Press | Posted 12.23.2011

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-- Key features of payroll tax and jobless benefits bill passed Friday by the House and Senate: _Retains through Feb. 29 the current 4.2 percent rat...

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Congressional Stalemate Frustrates Americans

AP | TAMMY WEBBER | Posted 02.21.2012

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CHICAGO — As Americans watch yet another political drama play out on Capitol Hill – this time over whether to extend the payroll tax cut a...

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WSJ vs. GOP

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 12.21.2011

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The Wall Street Journal editorial page attacked congressional Republicans Wednesday for possibly losing the payroll tax cut standoff to President Bara...

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Obama, GOP Face Off Over Expiring Provisions

AP | BEN FELLER | Posted 02.20.2012

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WASHINGTON — Careening toward a politically toxic tax hike, President Barack Obama implored House Speaker John Boehner on Wednesday to get behin...

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House, Senate Bills Have Major Differences

AP | By The Associated Press | Posted 12.20.2011

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-- Highlights of legislation renewing payroll tax cuts, jobless benefits approved by the House and Senate: House bill, approved last Tuesday:...

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Medicare Braces For Draconian Cut

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 02.19.2012

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WASHINGTON — Nearly 650,000 doctors caring for millions of seniors will get a steep cut in Medicare payments Jan. 18 unless a gridlocked Congres...

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Congress Moves Towards Standoff Over Expiring Provisions

AP | By DAVID ESPO and ALAN FRAM | Posted 12.20.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Partisan to the core, Congress careened toward a holiday-season standoff Monday on legislation to prevent a Social Security payroll tax ...

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Payroll Tax Cut Extension: Leaders Near Deal

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 12.15.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Congressional leaders cut a deal to keep the government funded Thursday night, but extending a payroll tax cut and other items that expi...

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Obama Sounds Warning On House GOP Bill

AP | ALAN FRAM | Posted 02.12.2012

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WASHINGTON — The White House promised a veto Tuesday for a Republican bill renewing a payroll tax cut next year for 160 million workers, complai...

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Clock Ticking For Congress To Avoid Draconian Cuts

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 01.28.2012

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WASHINGTON — Politicians of both parties outdo each other vying for the approval of seniors, but their inability to compromise on the federal bu...

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Congress Faces Decisions To Extend Key Programs As Clock Ticks

AP | ALAN FRAM | Posted 01.22.2012

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WASHINGTON — Congress' failed deficit-cutting supercommittee has faded away, but the pressure on lawmakers to quickly confront a stack of expens...

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Super Committee's Failure Leaves Orphans Behind

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 11.21.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Throughout the super committee's deliberations, impending "automatic, across-the-board cuts" were routinely cited as a driving motivatio...

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Jobs Bill: No Guarantee Congress Will Pass Must-Pass Legislation This Week

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

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Doctors are sending white lab coats to Washington to protest a 21-percent cut in Medicare reimbursement rates taking effect due to Congress's ongoing ...

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Democrats Retreat From Class Warfare

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

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On one side: teachers, doctors and their patients, the jobless, disaster victims, the troops. On the other: private equity firms, hedge funds, ventu...

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'Doc Fix' Memo Of Unknown Origin Circulates, Trips Up Politico

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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HuffPost's Ryan Grim and TPM's Christina Bellantoni both report that Democratic aides are claiming that a memorandum suggesting that Democrats have p...

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