[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 73]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        EXTENSION OF PAYROLL TAX

  (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, if I asked the average American, what should 
be the first vote in the House? For sure, she would say extend payroll 
tax, unemployment insurance, and the doc fix. What is our first bill? 
Disapproval of raising the debt ceiling. For what? To remind Americans 
that Tea Party Republicans brought us the loss of our triple A rating 
for the first time in American history? A new year demands a new start.
  The payroll tax is the best way to eat into Congress' 84 percent 
disapproval rating. Do the inevitable. No poison pills. Any add-ons 
will be understood as just that by every American who draws a salary or 
who is unemployed or who is a senior.
  Do it to get it over with and get on with a year of working on jobs. 
Come over to the side of the street with the 99 percent. You may grow 
to like it.

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