Senate rejects quick vote on House payroll tax bill

Senate Republicans have thwarted a quick vote sought Wednesday by Democrats on a House-passed GOP bill to extend the payroll tax cut.

Democrats called for the ballot to prove that the measure doesn't have the votes to pass the chamber they control. In seeking the vote, Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid said that the Senate needed to kill the House bill, which was approved Tuesday, to negotiate a settlement to the protracted partisan fight.

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Rosalind S. Helderman, Felicia Sonmez 15 Dec, 2011


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