Posts Tagged ‘Congress’

President Obama urges Congress to extend the payroll tax cut to prevent a tax hike on 160 million hardworking Americans. Related articles President Obama asks America to make its voice heard on payroll tax cut (dailykos.com) Deadline For Payroll Tax Cut Looms, Obama Pushes For Extension (businessinsider.com) Obama, GOP spar over economy in weekly addresses [...]

Republicans continue to insist on protecting tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans, preventing Congress from reaching an agreement to further reduce our deficit.    Related articles Obama: I’ll Veto Any Effort To End Triggered Spending Cuts After Super Committee Fail (mediaite.com) There Was Nothing Super About This Committee (themoderatevoice.com) Breaking: Super Committee declares defeat (hotair.com) [...]