all right. before we go to break, explain to me why payroll tax cut extension wouldn t be good for the middle class at this point. can republicans and democrats agree on that without any string attached? shouldn t that be possible at this point? yeah, it should be. i wanted to settle that. we were having a little throw in a pipeline. no, the pipeline thing the republicans. it s my way or the highway. no, joe. if you don t agree to the president s approach. if they attach the pipeline bill to this payroll tax cut extension, then they d have to go through a 30-day review with the department there and it would die, so they re killing it. so if i were in the house of representatives right now. you cannot agree on a payroll tax cut for middle class? no, i can t. if i were in the house of representatives right now with a $15 trillion debt and i looked