House, Senate show no give in payroll tax fight

WASHINGTON (AP) -- House and Senate leaders traded demands Wednesday but remained mired in a bitter holiday-season stalemate that is threatening 160 million workers with Jan. 1 tax increases and millions of the long-term unemployed with an end to their benefits. In a letter, Senate Majority Leader ...

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