House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said President Obama told House Democratic Leaders Congress can not go on recesses without first passing a payroll tax cut legislation and an unemployment benefit extention for the American people. (0:14)
In a speech in Scranton, Pennsylvania Wednesday, President Obama noted that Americans have been given a major tax cut this year, but many have not noticed it. (0:19)
Governor Haley Barbour (R-Miss.) says that deficit reduction is contingent upon cutting spending. He adds that raising taxes naturally leads to more spending, but notes that he is not opposed to other means to help raise revenues. (0:43)
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