payroll tax

The wages these jobs inject into the economy more than outweigh the impact of the payroll-tax increase and the sequester.

The Bush tax cuts and payroll-tax cuts will expire and automatic cuts kick in from the last failed debt-ceiling negotiations.

Even Eric Cantor, whose party bobbled the issue before Christmas, had to clap when Obama called for extending the payroll-tax cut.

Patricia Murphy on why House Republicans are refusing to go along with the payroll-tax compromise.