CQ Roll Call May 23, 2013

Payroll Tax Cut Standoff Begins

By John Stanton and Daniel Newhauser and Meredith Shiner
Roll Call Staff
Dec. 20, 2011, 6:41 p.m.

Chris Maddaloni/CQ Roll Call

Speaker John Boehner chose his members today for a conference committee with the Senate to negotiate on a payroll tax cut extension, but House Democrats and the Senate have not followed suit.

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Lois Lerner, director of exempt organizations for the IRS, arrives for a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the investigation of the IRS' targeting of political groups. Lerner invoked her Fifth Amendment right to not testify and caused a protest from some committee members when she offered an opening statement and engaged in dialogue with members before invoking the right.

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Payroll Tax Cut Standoff Begins