Top of the Hour: Payroll Tax Deal, Morning Headlines

The Takeaway

The House and Senate could vote tomorrow on the $ 150 billion payroll tax cut extension after Congressional negotiators put the final touches on the deal late last night. Or, to be strictly accurate, a deal reached early this morning: Todd Zwillich Takeaway’s Washington correspondent, tells us about the deal.

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