Payroll Tax Fight Beginning To Frustrate Obama

President Obama appeared visibly annoyed on Thursday, chiding House Republicans for refusing to get behind a temporary payroll tax cut extension passed by the Senate this past weekend.

Surrounded at the podium by a handful of individuals who would benefit from a continuation of the current tax holiday, Obama struck an incredulous tone as he lamented the ongoing impasse that threatens to end the tax relief at the end of the year.

“What’s happening right now is exactly why people just get so frustrated with Washington,” the President said. “This isn’t a typical Democratic-versus-Republican issue. This is an issue where an overwhelming number of people in both parties agree. How can we not get that done? I mean, has this place become so dysfunctional that even when people agree to things we can’t do it? It doesn’t make any sense.”

“Enough is enough,” he added.