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President Barack Obama speaks on the extension of the payroll tax cut and of the Republican obstruction of Richard Cordray's nomination to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in the briefing room of the White House in Washington December 8, 2011
Friday, Dec. 09, 2011

Open quoteFrankly, the fact that the president doesn't like it makes me like it even more.Close quote

  • REP. JIM JORDAN,
  • of Ohio, a leader of House conservatives, on looming deadlock in D.C. as the GOP finalize legislation for a payroll tax cut extension that contains a provision President Obama has pledged to veto.
Photo: Kevin Lamarque / Reuters | Source: AP