The Republican-led House shocked the administration earlier this year when it cut spending on the initiative, but Senate Republicans intend to hold off the Democratic effort.
"While the Republican-led House got the job done weeks ago, the Democrat-led Senate didn't."
One of the first orders of business is a vote Wednesday in the Republican-led House on whether to allow the administration additional borrowing authority.
However, on January 23, 2013, the Republican-led House passed a bill suspending the debt ceiling until May 18, 2013.
While the Republican-led House has passed a full year extension of the payroll tax holiday, the Senate, controlled by the president's own party, has not.
Early this week, President Clinton vetoed a $12.6 billion foreign aid bill passed by the Republican-led House.
President Bill Clinton sought to reauthorize the taxes, but the Republican-led House balked under pressure from industry representatives.
The other three proposals passed the Republican-led House but are still waiting for action by the Senate.
With middle class payroll tax cuts set to expire on December 31st, the Republican-led House passed a so-called extension bill...
Trying to put election-year pressure on the Democratic-led Senate, the Republican-led House voted today to make permanent a repeal of the estate tax.