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** FILE ** Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican (Associated Press)

McConnell: Extend tax cut in short term and long term

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House Minority Whip Rep. Steny Hoyer, Maryland Democrat, is followed by reporters after holding a news conference on the payroll tax cut on Capitol Hill on Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011 in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

House signs off on Senate plan for tax-cut extension

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

**FILE** Sen. John McCain (Associated Press)

McCain: GOP stance on payroll tax a mistake

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Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, Maryland Democrat

Shortened session shows divide over tax cut

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Ex-Soviet states aid U.S. transit

By Donna Cassata - Associated Press

House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, walks Dec. 20, 2011, to the House floor in the Capitol in Washington. (Associated Press)

House vote puts tax cut in limbo

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Majority Leader Harry Reid and fellow Democratic senators came in for criticism from House Speaker John A. Boehner, who said, "The Democrats who run Washington have a responsibility to act." (Associated Press)

LAMBRO: Reid’s legislative trap

By Donald Lambro - The Washington Times

** FILE ** President Obama, speaking at a briefing at the White House on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011, said a "faction" of House Republicans is refusing to vote on a Senate bill that would extend a payroll-tax cut for two months. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) **FILE**

Obama slams House GOP over tax impasse

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, wants to add almost $7 billion in disaster aid to a temporary funding bill crafted to avert a government shutdown when the new fiscal year begins Oct. 1. (Associated Press)

MILLER: Senate’s silent night

By Emily Miller - The Washington Times

House Speaker John A. Boehner (Rod A. Lamkey/The Washington Times)

Deal on payroll-tax cut starts to unravel

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio tells reporters on Capitol Hill on Sept. 22, 2011, that there will not be a government shutdown despite the failure of the continuing resolution on the previous day. (Associated Press)

MILLER: A Christmas political pageant

By Emily Miller - The Washington Times

In this Sunday, Dec. 18, 2011, photo provided by CBS News, Republican presidential candidate and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich appears on CBS's "Face the Nation" in Washington. Gingrich continued to level harsh attacks on the judicial branch Sunday, saying as president he would consider dispatching U.S. marshals to force judges to appear before Congress to explain controversial decisions. (AP Photo/CBS News, Chris Usher)

Inside Politics

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

In this Sunday, Dec. 18, 2011, photo provided by NBC News, Speaker of the House, Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, appears on NBC's "Meet the Press" in Washington. House Republicans said Sunday they oppose a bipartisan, Senate-approved bill that extends a payroll tax cut and jobless benefits for just two months and said congressional bargainers need to write a new version lasting a longer time. "It's pretty clear I and our members oppose the Senate bill," Boehner said, adding, "I believe two months is just kicking the can down the road." (AP Photo, NBC News, William B. Plowman)

Boehner rejects deal on payroll tax

By David Eldridge and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Republican Sens. Mike Johanns (left) of Nebraska, Johnny Isakson (center) of Georgia and James Risch of Idaho leave closed-door negotiations on the payroll tax cut extension and other measures on Dec. 16, 2011, at the Capitol. (Associated Press)

Senate brokers deal on payroll tax cut extension

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

Sen. Joe Manchin III (left), West Virginia Democrat, and Sen. Mark Kirk, Illinois Republican, comment as the Senate approves legislation that extends Social Security payroll tax cuts for two months, at the Capitol in Washington on Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate approves $1 trillion budget bill, payroll tax cut

By Paige Winfield Cunningham - The Washington Times

House Speaker John Boehner (center), Ohio Republican, flanked by Rep. Jeb Hensarling (left), Texas Republican, and House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, California Republican, briefs reporters Dec. 16, 2011, on Capitol Hill after lawmakers from both political parties came together on an 11th-hour deal to keep the government from shutting down. (Associated Press)

MILLER: Inside the 1,200-page omnibus

By Emily Miller - The Washington Times

Virginia Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling

Judge denies bid to block Bolling’s tiebreaking vote

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

President Obama speaks on Friday, Dec. 16, 2011, during the 71st General Assembly of the Union for Reform Judaism at National Harbor in Oxon Hill. (Associated Press)

Senate GOP likely to rebuff Obama’s labor board picks

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, criticizes Republicans as being responsible for a "do-nothing Congress" during a news conference on Friday, Dec. 16, 2011, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Associated Press)

House passes $1T budget bill, avoids shutdown

By Andrew Taylor - Associated Press