<p>The US Senate passed a two-month payroll tax holiday extension on Saturday, guaranteeing fresh partisan bickering in the 2012 election year after denying Obama the one-year extension for the tax cut and unemployment benefits he had initially sought.<br /><br />The House was expected to vote on it today. But on yesterday, House Speaker John Boehner said that Republicans, who control the House, would oppose the bill.<br /><br />He pressed for Congress to pursue talks over the payroll tax holiday to extend the measure for a full year, rather than pass a short-term extension.<br /><br />"It's pretty clear that I, and our members, oppose the Senate bill," Boehner told NBC's "Meet the Press."<br /><br />He said extending the tax cuts for just two months would mean lawmakers were "just kicking the can down the road."<br /><br />"It's time to just stop, do our work, resolve the differences and extend this for one year," Boehner added.<br /><br />The statement appeared to be an about-face for Boehner, who on Saturday called the bill a "good deal" and a "victory," according to White House spokesman Dan Pfeiffer said in a statement.<br /><br />"If House Republicans refuse to pass this bipartisan bill to extend the payroll tax cut, there will be a significant tax increase on 160 million hardworking Americans in 13 days that would damage the economy and job growth," he said.<br /><br />Boehner's reversal came after a number of rank-and-file Republicans objected to the measure in a Saturday conference call with him, indicating it would face a difficult battle.</p>
<p>The US Senate passed a two-month payroll tax holiday extension on Saturday, guaranteeing fresh partisan bickering in the 2012 election year after denying Obama the one-year extension for the tax cut and unemployment benefits he had initially sought.<br /><br />The House was expected to vote on it today. But on yesterday, House Speaker John Boehner said that Republicans, who control the House, would oppose the bill.<br /><br />He pressed for Congress to pursue talks over the payroll tax holiday to extend the measure for a full year, rather than pass a short-term extension.<br /><br />"It's pretty clear that I, and our members, oppose the Senate bill," Boehner told NBC's "Meet the Press."<br /><br />He said extending the tax cuts for just two months would mean lawmakers were "just kicking the can down the road."<br /><br />"It's time to just stop, do our work, resolve the differences and extend this for one year," Boehner added.<br /><br />The statement appeared to be an about-face for Boehner, who on Saturday called the bill a "good deal" and a "victory," according to White House spokesman Dan Pfeiffer said in a statement.<br /><br />"If House Republicans refuse to pass this bipartisan bill to extend the payroll tax cut, there will be a significant tax increase on 160 million hardworking Americans in 13 days that would damage the economy and job growth," he said.<br /><br />Boehner's reversal came after a number of rank-and-file Republicans objected to the measure in a Saturday conference call with him, indicating it would face a difficult battle.</p>