It’s brinkmanship time yet again in Congress as lawmakers attempt to close out the year with votes to continue a payroll tax cut, extend long-term jobless benefits, and fund the government to avoid yet another shutdown.
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle would like to pass some version of all of these measures, but discrepancies over how exactly to make that happen has gummed up progress in Congress. And both sides are using votes on the measures as bargaining chips.
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