Obama, GOP skirmish on payroll tax cut both favor

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama vowed to delay Congress' year-end vacation as well as his own Thursday for "as long as it takes" to extend Social Security payroll tax cuts and long-term jobless benefits, his second challenge in as many days to conservative Republicans. Obama stated his position ...

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