surprised when the house came out, speaker boehner came out and essentially said, we're not going to support the bill here in the house, because we would like to see a one-year extension. as you know, that senate bill would extend the payroll tax cut for only two months. >> and kristen, i'm going to have to cut you off. we've got the president. he has walked in, flanked by a crowd of americans. he's about to speak. >> thank you. thank you. thank you, everybody. please, please have a seat. good afternoon to all of you. merry christmas, happy holidays. we've been doing everything we can over the last few weeks to make sure that 160 million working americans aren't hit with a holiday tax increase on january 1st. we've also been doing everything we can to make sure that millions of people who are out there looking for work in a very