Congress Set for Payroll-Tax Fight as Republicans Balk at Deal

Dec. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Congress is bracing for a final fight over fiscal policy this year, with the fate of a payroll tax cut for 160 million U.S. workers on the line, after House Republicans balked at a deal worked out in the Senate. The House of Representatives returns to Washington today to ...

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