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House speaker says payroll tax bill won’t add jobs

by Associated Press Published: February 16,2012

Tags: Jobs, payroll taxes, Taxes

A compromise bill extending a payroll tax cut and jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed should be enacted, but it’s not going to help the economy very much, House Speaker John Boehner said Thursday. Boehner, R-Ohio, made the remarks hours after bipartisan congressional bargainers announced agreement on legislation extending those provisions through 2012 and heading [...] [...]

GOP maps strategy in wake of payroll tax debacle

by Associated Press Published: January 16,2012

Tags: payroll taxes, Republicans, strategy

When last seen in Washington, House Republicans were furious with their own leader, Speaker John Boehner, and angry with their Senate Republican brethren over how the showdown over the Social Security tax cut turned into a year-end political debacle. The holidays and three weeks away from the Capitol have tempered some of the bad feelings, [...] [...]

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