Reid: ‘I Will Not Reopen’ Talks on Payroll Tax

• By Emily Pierce
• Roll Call Staff
• Dec. 19, 2011, 1:30 p.m.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said today that he will not return to the negotiating table on a yearlong payroll tax cut extension until the House passes a bipartisan Senate bill that would extend the tax holiday for two months.