Obama Urges Public to Help Push Payroll Tax Cuts

Obama Urges Public to Help Push Payroll Tax Cuts

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama wants voters to get involved in the debate over extending the reduced payroll tax and he’s asking them to tell members of Congress to keep the cut in place. “Let your members of Congress know where you stand,” Obama said Saturday in his weekly radio and Internet address. “Tell them not to vote to raise taxes on working Americans during the holidays. Tell them to put country before party. Put money back in the pockets of working Americans. Pass these tax
(via Fox News)

Senate rejects extension of the payroll tax

Reporting from Washington— The Senate rejected competing measures to extend a payroll tax cut Thursday night, an outward display of partisanship as Republicans and Democrats moved behind the scenes to avert a $1,000 tax hike on American workers come Jan. 1.
(via latimes.com)