U.S. Senate Leaders Agree on 2-Month Extension of Payroll Tax Cut By JENNIFER STEINHAUER and ROBERT PEAR Published: December 16, 2011 The 112th Congress lurched toward the end of its tumultuous first session Friday as the House passed a $1 trillion spending bill and sent it to the Senate for approval. I am not sure why there is so much disappointment in President Obama. So far, what has he done in this process that is objectionable. Are we so bent on 'winning' the showdown, that we don't care about what happens at the showdown. Let's say we shut the government down and don't extend the payroll tax cut - is that what we want? The Republican house has no incentive to pass any bill with the Millionaire's surtax even if it means there is no extension of the payroll tax cut. I believe that the President has played his hand wonderfully, he just happens to been dealt a bad hand, if all those who are disappointed in his handling mobilize to take the