Barack Obama: “We need to extend the payroll tax cut and continue to provide…”

On the recordJanuary 5, 2012

We need to extend the payroll tax cut and continue to provide emergency unemployment benefits through the end of this year.

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Democratic · Illinois

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Press Release - Statement on the Employment Situation in December

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Barack Obama: “We need to extend the payroll tax cut and continue to provide emergency unemployment benefits through the end of this…”