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Update: Story About Payroll Tax Cuts Harming Social Security Draws Reaction

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, (D-NV) during a news conference on a payroll tax cut compromise. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP hide caption

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It's All Politics

Update: Story About Payroll Tax Cuts Harming Social Security Draws Reaction

There's been quite a response to an earlier NPR story on concerns that the payroll tax holiday is undermining the Social Security program — everything from genteel but firm phone calls from the White House to angry emails from the press secretary of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.

Vote To Be Held On Don't Ask Don't Tell Says Reid

Lt. Dan Choi, center, stands with other protesters after handcuffing themselves to the fence outside the White House in Washington, Monday, Nov. 15, 2010, during a protest for gay-rights. The group demanded that President Obama keep his promise to repeal 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP hide caption

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The Two-Way

Vote To Be Held On Don't Ask Don't Tell Says Reid

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he will hold a vote on the repeal of the ban on openly gay service members after the Thanksgiving recess.