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House passes payroll tax cut for Obama’s signature (AP)

Speaker of the House John Boehner of Ohio pauses at a news conference to announce an agreement for a 2-month extension to the payroll tax cut on Capitol Hill Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011, in Washington.  (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP – Congress on Friday approved a two-month renewal of payroll tax cuts for 160 million workers and unemployment benefits for millions, handing President Barack Obama a convincing victory for his jobs agenda.


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Payroll tax deadlock ends as House caves (AP)

House Minority Whip Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., is followed by reporters after holding a news conference on the payroll tax cut on Capitol Hill on Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011 in Washington.  (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP – House Republicans on Thursday caved to demands by President Barack Obama, congressional Democrats and fellow Republicans for a short-term renewal of payroll tax cuts for all workers. The breakthrough almost certainly spares workers an average $20 a week tax increase Jan. 1.


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Boehner: House leaders accept Senate tax terms (AP)

House Minority Whip Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., is followed by reporters after holding a news conference on the payroll tax cut on Capitol Hill on Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011 in Washington.  (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP – Their isolation complete, House Republicans on Thursday caved to demands by President Barack Obama, congressional Democrats and fellow Republicans for a short-term renewal of payroll tax cuts for all workers.


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AP sources: House leaders accept Senate tax terms (AP)

House Minority Whip Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., is followed by reporters after holding a news conference on the payroll tax cut on Capitol Hill on Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011 in Washington.  (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP – In an abrupt about-face, House Republican leaders Thursday agreed to a two-month extension of a Social Security payroll tax cut and federal unemployment benefits, GOP aides said.


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Bam, dog Bo, sneak out of White House for last-minute X-mas shopping

President Barack Obama took a break from the drama on Capitol Hill Wednesday to get in some last-minute Christmas shopping.

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House, Senate show no give in payroll tax fight (AP)

Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, right, and House Majority Leader Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va., hold a meeting with the conference committee on the payroll tax cut on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011 in Washington.  (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP – House and Senate leaders traded demands Wednesday but remained mired in a bitter holiday-season stalemate that is threatening 160 million workers with Jan. 1 tax increases and millions of the long-term unemployed with an end to their benefits.


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House GOP rejects 2-month payroll tax cut (AP)

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio walks to the House floor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011. Republicans in the House of Representatives are set to block a Senate proposal to extend a popular tax cut for working Americans for two months, setting up a showdown between Boehner and his own party in the Senate plus President Obama and the Democrats. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP – The House Tuesday rejected a plan backed by President Barack Obama to extend a 2 percentage point payroll tax cut for two months to buy time for talks on a full-year renewal.


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