Sentence examples for payroll legislation from inspiring English sources

The payroll legislation would also continue jobless benefits for many of the nation's unemployed.

Republicans countered that the payroll tax cut extension has nothing to do with funding the government, and accused Democrats of taking Washington "hostage" in order to get leverage for their own version of the payroll legislation.

The postal reform plan was proposed by Obama and embraced by the supercommittee, but so far has been left out of the payroll tax legislation.

On Wednesday, Democrats accused Republicans of living in a a world of "non-reality," and suggested the GOP would cause a shutdown when federal funding runs out Friday because they first want to pursue payroll tax legislation that Democrats find unacceptable before passing the "omnibus" spending bill.

Payroll tax cut legislation that would force President Obama to speed up a decision on the controversial Keystone XL pipeline would likely keep the project from moving forward because it would cut short the necessary environmental review, Obama administration and State Department officials said on Saturday.

The bipartisan House and Senate conference committee assigned to deal with the payroll and unemployment benefit legislation could expedite and smooth the process, but Republican votes will be needed to pass any legislation it drafts.

The deadline was set by Republican members of Congress in a provision inserted into legislation on a payroll tax-cut extension late last year.

WASHINGTON — House and Senate negotiators are deadlocked over how to prevent a deep cut in Medicare payments to doctors who treat millions of Medicare beneficiaries, an impasse that could threaten broader legislation on a payroll tax cut.

Mr. Obama bolted from Washington last Friday barely an hour after he had signed legislation extending the payroll tax cut after a grinding fight with House Republicans whose result is widely viewed as a big win for him.

This week Mr. Obama came close to threatening a veto of legislation that combines the payroll tax cut with "extraneous issues" like the pipeline.

"Most people standing up to speak were troubled" by legislation to extend the payroll tax cut, said Representative Jeff Flake, Republican of Arizona.