fresh by giving everybody something that we know everybody wants. there can t possibly be any controversy on this one. reporter: and even though delegate eleanor holmes norton says there she doesn t think there could be any controversy on this one, we should expect a big debate about how these extensions are going to be paid for, gregg. gregg: yeah, that s the big problem. peter, nobody wants to be called a grinch around christmas, so it comes at a pretty tough time politically. what are republicans saying about this? reporter: they re saying that the white house better not try to paint the congress as do-nothing if nothing ends up happening here. speaker boehner already out with a paper statement saying, quote, we told the president in september that we stand ready to have an honest and fruitful discussion with him regarding the payroll tax extension, and that invitation stands. and so extending the payroll tax cut and these unemployment benefits, gregg, would cost about $200 bill
the senate plans on bringing up these two things in a stand alone bill when congress comes back into session. this is a way to begin afresh. we let everybody down with the super committee. let s begin fresh by giving everybody something that we know everybody wants. they can t possibly be any controversy on this one. when president obama talks about the possibility of the payroll tax cut ending, he says this will be the worst possible time for that. but republicans don t plan on letting the white house paint the congress as do nothing, if nothing gets done because speaker of the house john boehner has already said in a statement we told the president in september that we stand ready to have an honest and fruitfu discussion with him regarding the payroll tax extension and that invitation stands. and just for some perspective, while we re talking about how the super committee just failed because they couldn t decide on how to pay for $1.2 trillion in cuts, these extensions of the p
reporter: speaker boehner has said he s trying to touch base with president obama about the tax cuts for months. he said we told the president in september that we stand ready to have an honest and fruitful discussion with him regarding the extensions, and that invitation stands. even though it is tanks giving today here in d.c. we ve already got our eye on new year s eve. jamie: are you going to the white house by any chance for thanksgiving dinner? we saw the menu, it s looking pretty fine. reporter: i saw the menu, my stomach is grumbling a little bit. jamie: you keep doing the good job that you do, maybe next year you ll be invited. reporter: okay. jamie: we are not invited either. can you imagine banana cream pie along with pumpkin, apple and sweet potato. jon: and green bean casserole as
and unemployment insurance. both are due to run out at the end of the year. combine have a price tag of $200 billion. with unemployment at 9% and sluggish economy, some argue it must be done. this is the way to begin a press. we let everybody down with the supercommittee. let s begin fresh and give everybody something we know everybody wants. there can t be controversy on this one. reporter: president obama has been pushing congress to keep average family being slapped with $1,000 tax increase. end of the year, the tax cut ends. if we allow that to happen, if congress refuses to act the middle class families will get hit with tax increase at the worst possible time. speaker boehner said we told the president in september we stand ready to have an honest and fruitful discussion with him regarding the payroll tax extension and that invitation stands. a long-time republican aide
the payroll tax cut. president oba continues pushing congress to get it done while the economy is weak and many american families are struggling. in the spirit of thanksgiving, we are going to give them another chance. absolutely. [applause] next week, they re going to get to take a simple vote. if they vote no again, the typical family s taxes will go up $1000 next year. reporter: speaker john boehner responded saying, quote, we told the president in september that we stand ready to have an honest and fruitful discussion with him regarding the payroll tax extension, and that invitation stands. the speaker went ton say, meanwhile, the american people continue to await action on the more than 20 bipartisan jobs bills passed by the house that are currently stuck in t democratic-controlled senate