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Fight Over Extending Payroll Tax Cut Flares Up Again

by Renee Montagne, NPR
December 19, 2011

House Republicans are rejecting a bipartisan compromise approved overwhelmingly by the Senate Saturday. The deal would have extended the payroll tax holiday and unemployment benefits through February.

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