jong-il pnd and another toddler goes missing. what are they doing to find her? let s go out front. we re waying for the house to waiting for the house to vote on the payroll tax cut bill. the vote too should take place later tonight. you re going to see the house republican leadership come out in a few moments. we anticipate to make a statement. john payner speaker will be there and we will also hear from eric cantor, jeb hensarling. as we count down to that, let s tell where you we stand. the version of the bill under consideration tonight is the senate version. it extends the payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits for two months. now, they re paying for this by having fannie mae and freddie mac charge higher fees on new mortgages, so it is paid for. what s the hold snup the bill only stepds textends the tax br two months. that s a real kick the can down solution and it frustrate as lot of people on both sides of the i ll. but enough so for the gop leadership that they
is a conference call among house republicans. they have to pass the payroll tax cut bill. it passed in the senate but not the house yet. opposition growing from some rank and file republicans in the house. we still have to see if the final deal is approved before the president can sign it in law. the aides say that is why he has not gone to hawaii yet. he is staying here at the white house this weekend. arthel: let s get back to that keystone pipeline addition. of course, the republicans pushed for it. here is the question. can the white house keep it from being built? they can. and that is why the white house while the short-term looks like because the president had to accept some keystone pipeline language in there and this is a pipeline that would run from canada to texas, the republicans say it will create job in the oil and gas industry. democrats dispute the numbers. bottom line, all the language in the bill says the president has to make a decision. it doesn t mandate he say
debate within our country, because i think the most important thing is to create jobs, that s why i opened up. reporter: yeah but he s not creating jobs he s losing jobs, 90 people out of work because that closes down tomorrow. he says he simply didn t have the cash to keep up. we don t know his finances, megyn before the occupy protest began, so we can t say that definitely was the factor, but it didn t help, and now 90 people are out of work, megyn. megyn: wow. all right trace, thank you. a big story developing here in iowa, as ron paul gets some good news from some new polls. could it be enough for ron paul to win the caucuses here? answers next. and a virtual fistfight on capitol hill over the payroll tax cut bill. lawmakers are taking shots at each other instead of getting down to business. we are live in washington, up next.
republicans pass their payroll tax cut bill, but it won t do too much for the middle class. leo gerard, united steelworkers international president, weighs in later in the show. let us know what you think on twitter using #edshow.
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