CNNW The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer December 23, 2011
north korea. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." the showdown over the payroll tax cut lasted for weeks, but the stalemate ended in a matter of minutes today after house republican leaders bowed to overwhelming pressure and gave into the democrats. today, the house approved the bill that got almost 90% of support in the senate. president obama signed it into law and the threat of a new year's day tax hire for 160 working americans is over. let's go straight to dana bash who's watching this on capitol hill. must be pretty empty. it was exciting for a few minutes today. >...