Top of the Hour: House Passes GOP Payroll Tax Cut Plan, Morning Headlines

The Takeaway

The House of Representatives passed a Republican-backed plan to extend the payroll tax holiday on Tuesday night. But the provision, which the White House threatened to veto because it would force work on the Keystone XL oil pipeline, was declared “dead on arrival” in the Senate by Majority Leader Harry Reid.

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