PBS NewsHour

GOP Insistence on Pipeline Provision Could Derail...

Clip: 12/16/2011 | 2m 25s

The House passed a $1 trillion spending bill Friday to fund much of the government through next September and avoid a federal shutdown this weekend, but both parties remain split over how to extend a payroll tax cut. Jim Lehrer reports.

Aired: 12/16/11

Rating: NR

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