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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Capitol Hill in Washington on Nov. 3. Reid, of Nevada, is considering a plan for higher payroll taxes on upper-income earners to help finance health care legislation he intends to introduce in the Senate in the next several days.
Sources: Reid eyes payroll tax rise on high earners
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is considering a plan for higher payroll taxes on the upper-income earners to help finance health care legislation, officials said. Full story
Harry Hamburg / AP file
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