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Payroll Tax Cut Rejection Could Cost $1,000: People Say that is ‘Big Money’ for Them

Speaker of the House John Boehner applauds as President Barack Obama addresses a joint session of Congress about jobs creation.
Following the House of Representatives' rejection of legislation to extend the payroll tax cut and jobless benefits for two months, on Tuesday the White House took to social media asking people to comment on what the rejection meant to them. For an average taxpayer earning $50,000 a year, terminating the tax cuts could mean an extra $1000 in Social Security tax from Jan. 1, 2012. When broken down that is about $40 for a pay period of two weeks.
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Democrats seek victory in payroll tax cut fight

With House of Representatives Republicans under attack from friends and foes, Democrats held out for victory in a fight over extending a payroll tax cut for millions of workers that is set to expire at year's end.
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Dressed in Black, Did Kate Middleton Remind You of Diana?

Kate Middleton or, if one was to be official - Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge - exuded elegance and style, as she attended a military awards ceremony, The Night of Heroes: The Sun Military Awards at the Imperial War Museum in central London, on Monday. The resemblance to Princess Diana was, in many ways, striking.
U.S. President Barack Obama is pictured alongside a tax law count down clock in the White House Briefing Room

Obama Ready for Showdown, Demands House Extend Tax Cut

President Barack Obama demanded Tuesday that House Republicans pass a short-term extension of a payroll tax cut, showing an unwillingness to back down in a fight that could result in higher taxes for 160 million Americans.
Newt Gingrich

Gingrich Wins Tea Party Straw Poll, Edging Out Bachmann

Newt Gingrich won the Tea Party Patriots straw poll on Monday, edging out Michele Bachmann and beating Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum by a large margin. It was a good sign for his campaign in the wake of fading support in national polls.
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White House Christmas Tree 2011: First Family Trees Over the Years [PHOTOS]

The 2011 White House Christmas tree, decorated in cards from the children of U.S. military members and medals from veterans by the family of President Obama, marks nearly 150 years of First Family trees celebrated over the years. View the slideshow to see photos of White House Christmas trees over the years.
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Kim Jong-il Dies: Global Reaction

The death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il from a heart attack over the weekend has prompted an avalanche of reaction from around the globe.
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Why NDAA 2012 is Against the Spirit of U.S Human Rights?

President Barack Obama's backtracking from his earlier stand to veto the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) has put Americans under the risk of losing their human rights. The Senate and Congress have already passed the bill and Obama now seems ready to sign a piece of legislature that could become a draconian piece of legislature making U.S. citizens vulnerable to legal abuse.
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Payroll Tax Free for All

The Senate-passed bill is a two-month extension of the 2 percent payroll tax holiday, federal support of unemployment benefits and an extension of expiring Medicare provisions.
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Romney Still Getting Millions from Bain Capital: Report

Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney receives millions of dollars a year in a retirement agreement with Bain Capital, nearly 13 years after he left the private equity firm he helped start, the New York Times reported Monday.
Newt Gingrich

Gingrich: Arrest Judges who Defy President

Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich threatened Sunday to have federal judges arrested if they disagreed with his policies as president, ratcheting up his attacks on the judiciary as he tries to halt a slide in his campaign.
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House Republicans Oppose Senate Payroll Tax Bill

The fate of an expiring tax break for 160 million American workers was in doubt on Sunday after the top Republican lawmaker declared his opposition to a two-month extension passed overwhelmingly by the Senate.
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U.S. Senate OKs Payroll-Tax Cut, $915B Spending Bill

The U.S. Senate OK'd on Saturday a $1 trillion bill to fund the government and a two-month extension of the payroll-tax cut, capping a contentious political year while preparing the arena for a fresh battle in 2012.
Obama Christmas Portrait, 2011

Obama Christmas Card Released: First Family Celebrates Holidays [PHOTOS]

As President Obama, wife Michelle and daughters Malia and Sasha send out their annual holiday portrait and release the 2011 White House Christmas card, tsee photos of the First Family celebrating the holiday season, from lighting the National Christmas Tree to greeting Santa's elves in D.C., and look back at Christmas with the Obamas in years past.

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