House Gop Introduces Bill Renewing Payroll Tax Cut
Charleston Gazette › December 12, 2011
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WASHINGTON - House Republicans unveiled a bill Friday renewing the Social Security payroll tax cut and extending but trimming unemployment benefits but barreled toward a showdown with President Obama by including language jumpstarting work on a controversial oil pipeline.
With Democrats unhappy that the measure is too stingy toward jobless and lower-income people, next week's House vote looms as the opening scuffle in a year-end battle that will let each party spotlight its economic priorities ahead of November's presidential and congressional elections.See the full content of this document
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House Gop Introduces Bill Renewing Payroll Tax Cut
The two parties generally agree on the bill's pillars: preventing the Jan. 1 expiration of payroll tax cuts and of extra coverage for the long-term unemployed, and avoiding a mandated cut in payments the government sends doctors for treating Medicare patients.
But the GOP tax c...See the full content of this document
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