Social Security Has a Funding Problem. Here’s What Lawmakers Could Do About It

When working Americans retire, they expect Social Security to pay them monthly benefits for the rest of their lives. Those ...
Times Union

Senate rejects competing plans on payroll tax cut

WASHINGTON - The Senate on Thursday sidetracked rival plans to extend a Social Security payroll tax, in dueling votes that pave the way for negotiations on a compromise on a core component of ...
Becker's Hospital Review

Senate Payroll Tax Bill Passes, But GOP House Opposition Remains

After the U.S. Senate approved a bipartisan, two-month extension of a payroll tax break and unemployment insurance bill in a special Saturday session, the Republican-led House of Representatives plans ...
cjr.org

A Good Payroll Tax Piece from the Post

Sign up for The Media Today, CJR’s daily newsletter. At last The Washington Post, which shaped much of the media coverage of the defcit and entitlement discussion ...
Becker's Hospital Review

Bipartisan Meetings Begin on SGR Fix, Payroll Tax Cuts

For the first time since President Barack Obama signed a two-month extension of payroll tax cuts and the Medicare sustainable growth rate, Republican and Democrat Congressional staff members held a ...
The Atlantic

Republicans Concede a Payroll Tax Break Extension Without Spending Cuts

The Republican proposal reflects the desire to avoid being blamed for an impasse, as they were for a breakdown in talks that almost caused the tax break to expire at the end of December, said one of ...
The Atlantic

Republicans Begrudgingly Fold on the Payroll Tax

Adding $100 billion to the deficit for a 10-month payroll tax holiday is a difficult pill to swallow for Republicans who've been hammering President Obama for adding to the deficit, but they're about ...
Law

Payroll tax cut is the part of jobs plan that works

In response to our sputtering economy, President Barack Obama presented a new stimulus package last week, hopefully titled the American Jobs Act. More than half of the plan's $447 billion cost comes ...