Democrats turn tables on GOP as Boehner relents on payroll-tax deal (The Christian Science Monitor)

Started by newswarrior, Dec 23, 2011, 07:02 PM

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The Christian Science Monitor - In a stunning reversal, House Speaker John Boehner late Thursday abandoned a bid to force Senate Democrats to the bargaining table to resolve an impasse over the expiring payroll tax cut â€" a strategy that had risked tax hike for some 160 million American workers.