[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 1073]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PAYROLL TAX HOLIDAY

  (Ms. NORTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, the party line from Republican leaders is 
that Republicans agree on a payroll tax cut holiday; they just need to 
find a way to pay for it. But Republican Members speak a different 
language. Georgia Republican Paul Broun told the press: ``The payroll 
tax holiday is just a gimmick to get Obama re-elected.''
  That would be news to the average American family who will see its 
taxes increase by $1,000 on March 1 without a payroll tax agreement.
  The press reports a serious Republican split with only a 50/50 chance 
that Republicans can get their Members to agree on a payroll tax deal. 
Line that 50/50 Republican split up against their near-unanimous 
opposition to having wealthy and corporate taxpayers contribute one 
dime to deficit reduction.
  I'll leave it to the Republican leadership to reconcile these issues 
and their caucus. Meanwhile, the clock ticks louder each day. 
Republicans have 22 days to make up their minds on whether every worker 
who draws a paycheck deserves a tax cut.

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