MSNBCW First Look February 15, 2012
with the payroll tax cut. a deal has been worked out to extend a 2% cut in the payroll tax through the end of the year. tracie potts has more on this. good morning. >> reporter: lynn, good morning. here's why it was a big deal. if congress does nothing, then that payroll tax cut that put extra money in workers paychecks this year expires at the end of the month, and no one here on capitol hill wants to deal with the political fallout of that. negotiators announced a tentative deal last night that keeps the 2% payroll tax cut in place. the rest of the year for 160 million working amer...