Members Ignore GOP Leaders on Payroll Tax Cut

• By Jessica Brady and Meredith Shiner
• Roll Call Staff
• Dec. 2, 2011, 3:04 p.m.

Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) see a political peril in opposing extension of the president’s payroll tax holiday. The trouble is, their rank and file don’t seem to be getting the message.