metaphor. according to one report the campaign hopes that she will soften your image. true? i think that is true. i will think it is also that she is very attractive and very smart and effective. has a speech in american exceptionalism that is a remarkable speech and she is enjoying it. took her are awhile to get into the rhythm of being out there on her own but she is having a great time and gave a great talk yesterday in atlanta and i m proud of her. how is your golf game? really bad. and i bet with this campaign getting worse. exactly right. chris: we will see you on the campaign trail, sir. up next, congress extends the payroll tax holiday but are they now done legislating for the rest of this election year? we ll ask house majority leader eric cantor when we come right back.
extension of the payroll tax holiday so make sure that people would not have their taxes race raised when they art there trying to make this through the month. we would like to have seen it done in a way that we could reduce spending while at the same time affording the tax relief. chris: but you didn t. well, $100 million. every time we tried to advance that harry reid in the senate and the president they just want to play politics with it. chris: why did you agree? at the end of the day i don t think it is a good idea to allow taxes to go up on working people. a payroll tax says we will increase taxes on everybody that has a job. i don t think that is what we need to do. chris: looking forward just before new year s a white house spokesman said this about the president s relationship with congress in 2012. take a look. in terms of the of essential must to items the payroll tax cut extension is the last one. comemancongressman, are you doe legislating for 2012?
chris: this week congress passed a bill in surprisingly bipartisan fashion to extend the payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits. but in this election year was that legislative breakthrough as good as it gets for 2012? joining us to discuss what more, if anything will get done on capitol hill is republican house majority leader eric cantor. congressman, welcome back to fox news sunday. chris, good to be here. chris: let s start with the latest polls. in a survey this week 50% approve of the job that the president is doing and 43% disapprove. meanwhile, same poll, 10% approve of the job congress 1 is doing and 82% disapprove. has president obama congressionalcomial republicans?
chris: this week congress passed a bill in surprisingly bipartisan fashion to extend the payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits. but in this election year was that legislative breakthrough as good as it gets for 2012? joining us to discuss what more, if anything will get done on capitol hill is republican house majority leader eric cantor. congressman, welcome back to fox news sunday. chris, good to be here. chris: let s start with the latest polls. in a survey this week 50% approve of the job that the president is doing and 43% disapprove. meanwhile, same poll, 10% approve of the job congress 1 is doing and 82% disapprove. has president obama congressionalcomial republicans?
extension of the payroll tax holiday so make sure that people would not have their taxes race raised when they art there trying to make this through the month. we would like to have seen it done in a way that we could reduce spending while at the same time affording the tax relief. chris: but you didn t. well, $100 million. every time we tried to advance that harry reid in the senate and the president they just want to play politics with it. chris: why did you agree? at the end of the day i don t think it is a good idea to allow taxes to go up on working people. a payroll tax says we will increase taxes on everybody that has a job. i don t think that is what we need to do. chris: looking forward just before new year s a white house spokesman said this about the president s relationship with congress in 2012. take a look. in terms of the of essential must to items the payroll tax cut extension is the last one. comemancongressman, are you doe legislating for 2012?