WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is pressuring Congress to extend a payroll tax cut for the rest of the year as another deadline nears for Congress to act or see taxes go up for millions of working people.
Lawmakers agreed in December on a two-month extension, but that runs out at the end of this month. Obama said in his weekly radio and Internet address Saturday that Congress “needs to stop this middle-class tax hike from happening.”
“I hope you’ll pick up the phone, send a tweet, write an e-mail, and tell your representative that they should get this done,” Obama said.
In the Republican radio address, Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell applauded efforts by Republican governors across the country to contain government spending and reduce their state budget deficits.
The Associated Press
