Tentative Deal Struck to Extend Payroll Tax Cut, Unemployment Benefits [Updated]
Republicans want to put this behind them quickly.
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Republicans want to put this behind them quickly.
Thus collapses the brave resistance to Obama's socialistic plan to, um, cut taxes.
Boehner: "It might not have been politically the smartest thing in the world."
The payroll tax cut that Congress agreed to extend for two months will save the New York economy $1.2 billion, according to State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli.
After an unsuccessful standoff, they will accept the two-month extension.
They're making life very difficult for their colleagues — even fellow Republicans.
Speaker was Boehner for it yesterday, now against it.