Payroll Tax Cut Extension

On Behalf of the 1%, the Best Bargain Since Manhattan

J.H. Snider | Posted 04.24.2012

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J.H. Snider

Unmentioned is that the payroll-tax cut bill, by bipartisan agreement, sets in motion a much larger transfer of public assets to the top 1%.

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Unemployment and Poverty in America

Rep. Charles Rangel | Posted 04.23.2012

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Rep. Charles Rangel

Since President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the historic Social Security Act of 1935, unemployment insurance has kept American families from falling into poverty. Seventy seven years later, this vital lifeline for unemployment insurance recipients continues to be weakened.

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Obama Signs Payroll Tax Cut Extension

AP | By MARK S. SMITH | Posted 04.23.2012

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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama signed the payroll tax cut extension into law Wednesday, notching an election-year victory and rare bipartisan ag...

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Obama Touts Big Win

AP | By JULIE PACE | Posted 04.22.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Relishing a political victory, President Barack Obama said Tuesday that Congress "did the right thing" by extending payroll tax cuts for...

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Big Losers In Contentious Debate Cry Foul

AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 04.22.2012

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WASHINGTON — Federal workers have become the go-to targets as Congress, and the White House, search for ways to lower the deficit, pay for tax c...

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Republicans: Against It Before They Were for It

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 04.21.2012

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Leo W. Gerard

In a presidential election year, Boehner & Co. surrendered to a simple calculus: the 99 percent has something that the 1 percent doesn't -- more votes. Way more.

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'We Need To Change Course'

AP | By ALAN FRAM | Posted 02.18.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Bruised from the payroll tax cut brawl, congressional Republicans want to change the subject and push legislation they say would create ...

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Obama Finally Scores Coveted Win

AP | By ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 02.18.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The $143 billion payroll tax cut won by President Barack Obama may be the last significant measure he receives from a deeply divided Con...

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Friday Talking Points -- Milbank's Unfunny Puns

Chris Weigant | Posted 04.18.2012

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Chris Weigant

The line between certain types of comedy and the political/media world should be brighter than ever. This is a lesson Dana Milbank of the Washington Post apparently has yet to learn.

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Jason Linkins

John Boehner Is Upset That The Payroll Tax Cut Extension Means That Mere Ordinary Americans Will Have More Money

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 02.20.2012

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As you know, the White House's pursuit of a payroll tax cut extension, which many believed (based on their observation of how Washington has been work...

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Michael McAuliff

House, Senate Pass Payroll Tax Cut Extension

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 04.18.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Congress passed the extension of the payroll tax holiday Friday, voting overwhelmingly to continue the 2 percent break and extend emerge...

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Michael McAuliff

Congress Agrees On Payroll Tax Cut, Unemployment Extension

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 04.16.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Congressional negotiators reached a final deal to extend the popular payroll tax cut for the rest of the year, with Republicans agreeing...

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Michael McAuliff

Congress Agrees On Payroll Tax Cut, Unemployment Extension

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 04.16.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Congressional negotiators reached a final deal to extend the popular payroll tax cut for the rest of the year, with Republicans agreeing...

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Arthur Delaney

Payroll Tax Deal Would Allow Drug Testing, Reduce Unemployment To 73 Weeks [UPDATE]

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 02.16.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The maximum duration of unemployment insurance would gradually fall from 99 weeks to 73 weeks over the course of the year under the payr...

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Sam Stein

Tentative Deal Reached On Payroll Tax Cut Extension

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.15.2012

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WASHINGTON -- A tentative deal struck by lawmakers Tuesday night may put off what seemed, just days ago, to be a highly contentious rerun of a debate ...

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Luke Johnson

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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Michael McAuliff

GOP Urges Members To Be Less Extreme, More Political

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 02.14.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The potential Republican retreat from a hard-line stance on extending the payroll tax cut comes as GOP leaders have been quietly urging ...

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GOP Gambit Draws Mixed Reaction

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 04.15.2012

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By ANDREW TAYLOR, The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- House-Senate talks on renewing a payroll tax cut that delivers about $20 a week to the av...

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Jennifer Bendery

Obama Raises Pressure On GOP To Extend Payroll Tax Cut, Jobless Benefits

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 02.14.2012

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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is going on the offense Tuesday, raising pressure on congressional Republicans to extend the payroll tax cut and ...

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Luke Johnson

House GOP Offers Deal In Big Fight

HuffingtonPost.com | Luke Johnson | Posted 02.13.2012

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WASHINGTON -- House GOP leaders announced Monday they were putting forward a "backup plan" that would extend the payroll tax cut for 10 months, while ...

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Reid Hits Back Against GOP Measure Targeting Marginalized Group

Posted 02.08.2012

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By ANDREW TAYLOR, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON -- Republicans are looking to deny child tax credits to undocumented immigrants--refund checks av...

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Michael McAuliff

Schumer: GOP Congress Has Lost The Art Of Obstruction

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 02.03.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Congressional Republicans have lost their roadblock mojo, Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer said Thursday, suggesting GOP members may be try...

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House GOP Pushing Ahead With Keystone

AP | By DONNA CASSATA | Posted 01.20.2012

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BALTIMORE -- House Republicans say a fresh push for a 1,700-mile Canada-to-Texas pipeline could be part of a new round of negotiations over extending ...

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Boehner Expresses Regrets Over Payroll Tax Cut Fight

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 01.18.2012

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Speaker of the House John Boehner admitted Wednesday that his strategy in last year's fight over extending the payroll tax cut was mistaken. "We we...

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Congress Revisiting Bruising Fight

AP | ALAN FRAM | Posted 03.19.2012

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WASHINGTON — With television lights glaring, 20 lawmakers will gather next week to revisit the fight that consumed Congress before Christmas ove...

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