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Payroll tax bill faces uncertain House prospects (AP)

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, flanked by Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, left, and House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., briefs reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Dec. 16, 2011, after  lawmakers from both political parties came together on an 11th-hour deal to keep the government from shutting down.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP – The Senate-approved bill temporarily preventing a Jan. 1 payroll tax increase and benefit cutoff for the long-term unemployed faces uncertain prospects in the House, where many rank-and-file GOP lawmakers have told their leaders they are ready to reject the measure.


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Senate passes payroll tax extension, pushing bill to House 

The Senate voted Saturday to temporarily avert a Jan. 1 payroll tax increase and benefit cutoff for the long-time unemployed, forcing Obama to make an election-year choice between unions and environmentalists over whether to OK the Keystone oil pipeline.

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Senate OKs payroll tax cut, huge spending bill (AP)

President Barack Obama delivers a statement in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011 following the Senate vote to approve legislation extending a Social Security payroll tax cut and long-term jobless benefits for two months.   (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)AP – The Senate voted Saturday to temporarily avert a Jan. 1 payroll tax increase and benefit cutoff for the long-time unemployed, but forcing a reluctant President Barack Obama to make an election-year choice between unions and environmentalists over whether to build an oil pipeline through the heart of the country.


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Senate OKs $1T budget bill, payroll tax cut (AP)

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-WV, left, and Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., comment as the Senate approves legislation that extends Social Security payroll tax cuts for two months, at the Capitol in Washington. The action also extends long-term unemployment benefits for another two months and  forces President Barack Obama to approve construction of a controversial oil pipeline.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP – The Senate has passed a $1 trillion-plus year-end budget bill for President Barack Obama’s signature as part of a congressional endgame also featuring action on a two-month extension of a cut in the Social Security payroll tax and jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed.


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House passes $1T budget bill, avoids shutdown (AP)

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, followed by  Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., strides into a GOP strategy session singing 'Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah' on the morning after  lawmakers from both political parties came together on an 11th-hour deal to keep the government from shutting down, Friday, Dec. 16, 2011, on Capitol Hill in Washington.   (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP – The House has passed a $1 trillion-plus catchall budget bill paying for day-to-day operations of 10 Cabinet departments and averting a government shutdown, while Senate talks on renewing a payroll tax cut and jobless benefits reached a critical phase.


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GOP leaders: Pipeline stays in payroll tax bill (AP)

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio pauses during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP – Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell won’t back a compromise payroll tax cut extension unless the bill includes language aimed at forcing construction of a Canada-to-Texas pipeline, his spokesman said Friday, as top congressional Republicans insisted on the controversial provision.


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Speaker: Pipeline stays in payroll tax cut bill (AP)

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio pauses during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP – House Republicans will stick to their insistence that a bill extending a payroll tax cut and jobless benefits include language speeding work on a Canada-to-Texas oil pipeline, Speaker John Boehner said Friday.


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