Friday: House, Senate to vote on payroll tax deal

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Washington (CNN) -- A bipartisan agreement to extend the payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits while avoiding a fee cut for Medicare doctors for the rest of the year could come to final House and Senate votes on Friday.

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President Barack Obama issued a statement Thursday urging Congress to send it to him without delay and has said he will sign it as soon as it reaches his desk.

"I thank the many Americans who lent their voices to this debate in recent months," Obama said in reference to his calls for people to pressure their elected representatives to pass the deal. "You made all the difference."

However, none of the three Republican senators on the 20-member House-Senate conference committee that negotiated the compromise signed it, signaling possible GOP resistance when the measure comes up in the Senate.

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Full article here: http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/17/election/2012/payroll-tax-deal/index.html?hpt=hp_t1


Senate Floor Schedule here: http://democrats.senate.gov/2012/02/16/senate-floor-schedule-for-friday-february-17-2012/

[CAPHAVOC]

1. House and Senate throw unemployed under the Bus.

GOP to help Big Biz and Democrats to lower the Unemployment Rate. That is a Hoax. Little guy gets the shaft again.