Senate OKs $1Trillion budget bill, payroll tax cut

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate passed legislation Saturday extending a Social Security payroll tax cut and jobless benefits for just two months, handing President Barack Obama a partial victory while setting the stage for another fight in February.

It also brought a peaceful end to a year-long battle over spending by passing a $1 trillion-plus catchall budget bill that wraps together the day-to-day budgets for 10 Cabinet departments and military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. The House passed the measure Friday, and the White House has signaled that Obama will sign it.

The renewal of the 2-percentage-point cut in the Social Security payroll tax for 160 million workers and unemployment benefits averaging about $300 a week for the additional millions of people who have been out of work for six months or more is a modest step forward for Obama's year-end jobs agenda. Source

And they laughed at Al Gore when he talked about putting Social Security into the 'lockbox.'

[Dougles]

And just think Obama wanted to take 100billion more a year out of SS.

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And just think Obama wanted to take 100billion more a year out of SS.

And just think. George Bush wanted to invest our Social Security in the stock market.

[Dougles]

And just think. George Bush wanted to invest our Social Security in the stock market.

Im up almost 20% since 2007 and im no professional!

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Im up almost 20% since 2007 and im no professional!

Well bully for you. But perhaps you missed the "Security" part of 'Social Security?'

[Dougles]

Yes and taking a half a trillion $'s from it is really secure.

Oh and what don't you understand about optional?