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Washington (CNN) -- At the end of another long and confusing day of
political wrangling over extending the payroll tax cut, House Minority
Leader Nancy Pelosi asked a question on everybody's mind.
On Tuesday, House Republicans pushed their call for further negotiations
on a one-year extension of the payroll tax cut. They ridiculed a Senate
plan for a two-month extension as irresponsible and unworkable, saying it
would create uncertainty by failing to resolve the issue past February.
Instead, the House on Tuesday passed a procedural resolution that
expressed disagreement with the Senate plan and called for a conference
committee made up of members of both chambers to negotiate a compromise.
Obama and House Democrats called for a direct vote on the Senate plan,
with Pelosi saying the refusal by GOP leaders to bring it up showed they
feared enough Republican members would join the Democratic minority to
pass it.
"It is harming the Republican Party," McCain said of the continuing
impasse. "It is harming the view, if it's possible any more, of the
American people about Congress."
