Boehner: No payroll tax cut without pipeline
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House Speaker John A. Boehner said Friday that his chamber will not sign off on an extension of the payroll tax cut sought by President Obama without including a provision to speed construction of an oil pipeline, which Obama has opposed.
On Thursday, Congressional negotiations signed off on on a $1 trillion spending agreement for 2012 for federal agencies, just short of a deadline that could have triggered a government shutdown. But Boehner made it clear Friday morning that the fight over the payroll tax cut was far from over.
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